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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 351 · 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 “Fern.Dust.Seed58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat#Wheel#Dust35 (b) fernshellmangolamp
  3. 3.🔐 “Wheel!Lotus!2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLotusBell77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “Nisha!Vine!66” 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
  6. 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  9. 9.🔐 Is “lotusshipvinelake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Lamp-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Dust.Cloud.2016” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.brick.mango.76 (b) qwerty73
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentlakeplumdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “drum@rain@plum@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerLampCorn86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipNestMoon25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 “boatfrogkite54” 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
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Hill#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Vine.Tiger.Tent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Tiger@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 “plumshiptentseed” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand@leaf@moon@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!sand!dust!67 (b) Cloud!42
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  28. 28.🔐 Is “lotuscloudvine49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “brick_toast_mango_79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “frog#pearl#ship#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Lamp!Toast12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “neem-brick-nest-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 “Pond-Toast-2008” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Mango.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinebrickcorn20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “Vine.Fern.2011” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Neem72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Is “shell-drum-wolf-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔐 “Tiger-38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 40.🔐 Is “tent@kite@hill@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. Boat#Wheel#Dust35
  3. has a name or year
  4. 3
  5. has a name or year
  6. 12
  7. 4
  8. others can guess it
  9. weak
  10. weak
  11. has a name or year
  12. kite.brick.mango.76
  13. 1
  14. strong
  15. 4
  16. risky
  17. 15
  18. 14
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. 12
  21. strong
  22. 4
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 3
  25. wheel!sand!dust!67
  26. 8
  27. 3
  28. weak
  29. 20
  30. strong
  31. 4
  32. strong
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. strong
  39. shorter than 12
  40. strong

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