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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 296 · 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 kinds of characters does “cloud-nest-drum-39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Chai31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 “Nisha-Ship-76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai#Toast#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 “Arjun@Ship@65” 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
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Rain!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 “Password#Cloud17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_61 (b) mango_brick_chai_54
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “kitebellfrograin”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Corn_Chai27 (b) toastrainvinemoon
  12. 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@Pond@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogmoongoldchai (b) Sand.Rain.Kite19
  16. 16.🔐 “laketoastneem57” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Neem.Hill77 (b) Rohan@Pearl@38
  18. 18.🔐 “Iloveyou#Corn78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_chai_rain_25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Arjun#Boat#57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  21. 21.🔐 Is “froglotusmangoriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Is “kitebellwolf32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “Corn#Lamp#2009” 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
  25. 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “fernlampbrick44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Nest.Drum.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 “cloudraindrumfern” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Password!Kite37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 “Welcome-Mango61” 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
  31. 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  32. 32.🔐 “drummangoneem23” 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
  33. 33.🔐 “cloudkiteplumtoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  34. 34.🔐 Is “MangoShipRiver18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “pearlgoldrainmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-Kite-Bell15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 “Letmein-Brick44” 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
  38. 38.🔐 “Iloveyou!Pond49” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusCornWheel85 (b) Rohan#Nest#27
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “seedcloudlotusbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. has a name or year
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. has a name or year
  7. 15
  8. has a common word
  9. mango_brick_chai_54
  10. 16
  11. Kite_Corn_Chai27
  12. in your head
  13. 14
  14. 9
  15. Sand.Rain.Kite19
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. Pond.Neem.Hill77
  18. has a common word
  19. 3
  20. has a name or year
  21. weak
  22. 8
  23. weak
  24. has a name or year
  25. 12
  26. 15
  27. weak
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. weak
  30. has a common word
  31. emojis
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. strong
  35. weak
  36. 16
  37. has a common word
  38. has a common word
  39. LotusCornWheel85
  40. 19

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