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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 367 · 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 “BoatTentSeed28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Is “dust.ship.wheel.51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakerainbrick66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Wolf69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “drumfrogriverhill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password80 (b) Cloud@Shell@Plum19
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “drum#neem#lotus#59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  10. 10.🔐 Is “leafsanddrumgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PondShellLamp25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Lake#Frog24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Fern32 (b) boat@river@tiger@82
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornshellvinewheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Boat!Corn!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMangoGold85 (b) Corn#44
  17. 17.🔐 Is “toast#gold#bell#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Boat.Moon.Ship10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Rain68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 “shellraindusttent” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@54 (b) BrickTentCorn63
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlakeneemchai (b) Pearl!Cloud!Gold52
  24. 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Moon_River38 (b) Vihaan-Seed-56
  26. 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  27. 27.🔐 “cornwheeltent67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@wolf@gold@73 (b) mangogoldship81
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Plum!Mango52 (b) Dust.Cloud.2012
  30. 30.🔐 “Lake-27” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Neem@Lake43 (b) Boat!Lamp!2015
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellcloudmoon66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “plum.lotus.frog.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “moonwolfbelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Gold#23 (b) sand!plum!river!87
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.tiger.wolf.85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “nestchaiseed49” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “Vihaan#Wheel#41” 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
  40. 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. strong
  3. 2
  4. 4
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. Cloud@Shell@Plum19
  7. 4
  8. 18
  9. others can guess it
  10. weak
  11. 15
  12. 16
  13. boat@river@tiger@82
  14. 1
  15. weak
  16. FrogMangoGold85
  17. strong
  18. strong
  19. weak
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. BrickTentCorn63
  22. 10
  23. Pearl!Cloud!Gold52
  24. 3
  25. Rain_Moon_River38
  26. emojis
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. corn@wolf@gold@73
  29. Seed!Plum!Mango52
  30. shorter than 12
  31. Lotus@Neem@Lake43
  32. 4
  33. 2
  34. strong
  35. weak
  36. sand!plum!river!87
  37. 3
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. has a name or year
  40. in your head

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