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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 277 · 40 questions
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Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.

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  1. 1.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp!84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “riverchailake57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Seed!2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf_brick_rain_77 (b) lakesandkite25
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “frogmangopond69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Boat.Fern.River59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Is “welcome47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
  10. 10.🔐 “Leaf_19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  11. 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Lamp.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  14. 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
  15. 15.🔐 “Meera-Dust-39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernboatcloudpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cornleaflampsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Chai-Corn-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 “vinecornbelldust” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  20. 20.🔐 “Boat.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “password13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-12 (b) ship-fern-kite-48
  23. 23.🔐 Is “password21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 Is “River-Chai-Fern16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Tiger_Brick_Hill77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “VineSandToast84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Wheel-2012 (b) LakeBoatBell56
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-mango-shell-29 (b) Aarav2014
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Hill#Seed54 (b) tigerbelltoastriver
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “pondvinelampriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “Ishaan-Seed-34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill.frog.leaf.34 (b) Arjun-Cloud-31
  33. 33.🔐 Is “qwerty80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “CornNestKite65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “neemlamppearl76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!18 (b) leaf.kite.fern.25
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem!bell!frog!66 (b) Ananya2014
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Pond-Tiger-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔐 “Plum_Vine_2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  40. 40.🔐 “Welcome@Cloud16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 15
  4. wolf_brick_rain_77
  5. 15
  6. emojis
  7. strong
  8. weak
  9. risky
  10. shorter than 12
  11. in your head
  12. weak
  13. others can guess it
  14. 3
  15. has a name or year
  16. 1
  17. 16
  18. weak
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. shorter than 12
  21. 10
  22. ship-fern-kite-48
  23. weak
  24. strong
  25. strong
  26. strong
  27. LakeBoatBell56
  28. hill-mango-shell-29
  29. Pond#Hill#Seed54
  30. 17
  31. has a name or year
  32. hill.frog.leaf.34
  33. weak
  34. strong
  35. 15
  36. leaf.kite.fern.25
  37. neem!bell!frog!66
  38. weak
  39. has a name or year
  40. has a common word

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