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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 294 · 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 “lotussandnestwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!shell!gold!10 (b) Nisha2008
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  5. 5.🔐 “Ishaan!Plum!71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  6. 6.🔐 “frogneemlakegold” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_Dust_Brick73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-tiger-sand-59 (b) Wolf-Shell-2009
  9. 9.🔐 “Wolf!Bell!2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  10. 10.🔐 Is “hillneemtiger32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “Fern.Brick.2016” 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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_Pond_31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Wheel-Kite17 (b) Saanvi2008
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Tiger_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Mango@Hill@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 “cloudtigerrainchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Lamp.Kite81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “nestgoldriverbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Brick!50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Cloud61 (b) lake.hill.kite.33
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-pond-plum-38 (b) Arjun#River#79
  24. 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Diya!Tiger!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Rain.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Hill@2016 (b) Drum_Gold_Shell20
  29. 29.🔐 “Password@Chai85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  30. 30.🔐 “Saanvi!Fern!86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Diya-Mango-19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Rohan#Toast#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Is “TentDrumGold44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Is “lake#cloud#sand#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Hill83 (b) pearl_corn_cloud_71
  37. 37.🔐 “pearlseedchai78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  38. 38.🔐 “Dust.Lamp.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Kite@19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. seed!shell!gold!10
  3. 3
  4. others can guess it
  5. has a name or year
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 4
  8. wheel-tiger-sand-59
  9. has a name or year
  10. weak
  11. has a name or year
  12. 13
  13. Dust-Wheel-Kite17
  14. weak
  15. weak
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 17
  18. weak
  19. in your head
  20. 15
  21. weak
  22. lake.hill.kite.33
  23. toast-pond-plum-38
  24. 12
  25. weak
  26. weak
  27. risky
  28. Drum_Gold_Shell20
  29. has a common word
  30. has a name or year
  31. 8
  32. has a name or year
  33. weak
  34. strong
  35. strong
  36. pearl_corn_cloud_71
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. has a name or year
  39. 12
  40. 9

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