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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 299 · 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.🔐 Is “password85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “corn-rain-wheel-35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelcornlampplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Mango-Corn-Nest43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Toast!Plum78 (b) Admin_Boat10
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “Bell_27” 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
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Drum#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Sand@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond@Cloud@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Moon@81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Toast@35 (b) MangoChaiTent16
  15. 15.🔐 Is “lamp@tiger@hill@50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondMangoBrick84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “password23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “cloudtigerrain39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Dust22 (b) Tent@Brick@Boat17
  20. 20.🔐 Is “brickcloudkite68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainshipfernvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “River!Lake!2009” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Bell_73 (b) PondDustNeem30
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “tentkitewolfbrick” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Gold-Lake56 (b) Lake@74
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Rain!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Is “tigerfrogshellseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  30. 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “nesttentboat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.Wheel.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Bell_Lake_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Kite#Gold19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  37. 37.🔐 “Pond_43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Lamp-44 (b) ToastGoldPlum14
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Lamp-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakechaidust34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 18
  3. 1
  4. strong
  5. Corn!Toast!Plum78
  6. others can guess it
  7. 4
  8. shorter than 12
  9. 12
  10. 15
  11. 15
  12. weak
  13. 4
  14. MangoChaiTent16
  15. strong
  16. 3
  17. 10
  18. weak
  19. Tent@Brick@Boat17
  20. weak
  21. 1
  22. has a name or year
  23. PondDustNeem30
  24. 10
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. Pond-Gold-Lake56
  27. 15
  28. weak
  29. emojis
  30. in your head
  31. 4
  32. weak
  33. 15
  34. weak
  35. 17
  36. 12
  37. shorter than 12
  38. ToastGoldPlum14
  39. weak
  40. 2

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