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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 328 · 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  2. 2.🔐 “Qwerty-Boat53” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Saanvi@Lake@21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Leaf!Chai!Gold55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “password20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Tiger-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  10. 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  11. 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) dust#corn#plum#27
  13. 13.🔐 Is “qwerty76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Tara!Pearl!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “fern!plum!dust!55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 “Hill@73” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricktigerseed52 (b) ToastPondRain43
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Plum.2011 (b) Sand#Plum#Tent51
  19. 19.🔐 Is “pond.pearl.neem.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Vine#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Chai@Rain@Wheel40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellRiverDrum34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “nestdrumshellgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Brick10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “lamplakebrick27” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “DrumShipNeem53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Mango!2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “Iloveyou#Corn13” 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river.mango.plum.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell.moon.fern.76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Toast.Plum23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Brick.60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Is “shiphillpondlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornlotusneemriver (b) ShipFrogChai23
  39. 39.🔐 “tigerriverfern77” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Is “welcome76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. has a common word
  3. weak
  4. strong
  5. risky
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 15
  9. others can guess it
  10. emojis
  11. 3
  12. dust#corn#plum#27
  13. weak
  14. weak
  15. 17
  16. shorter than 12
  17. ToastPondRain43
  18. Sand#Plum#Tent51
  19. strong
  20. weak
  21. 3
  22. 12
  23. strong
  24. 3
  25. 17
  26. 14
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. strong
  29. 15
  30. 8
  31. has a common word
  32. 3
  33. 3
  34. weak
  35. 17
  36. weak
  37. weak
  38. ShipFrogChai23
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. weak

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