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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 378 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustgoldpearl34 (b) Tiger@Gold@Boat33
  2. 2.🔐 “Seed.11” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou31 (b) kite_tiger_moon_25
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldNeemMango34 (b) Brick!River!2010
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Lamp-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty68 (b) LeafPearlShell13
  7. 7.🔐 “Drum#31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2011 (b) SandLampMoon30
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_Lamp_River41 (b) Ishaan2017
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “HillBrickSeed85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffernchaidrum (b) GoldNestRiver48
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lotus79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “goldlampship78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Neem69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Diya#Leaf#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus.plum.lake.17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#boat#pond#29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Bell-2014 (b) nest#mango#pearl#82
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya#Bell#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 “plumwolffrog67” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-mango-river-72 (b) Tara2012
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “moonrainshellsand” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.brick.chai.23 (b) Sand_Tiger_2016
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusriverdustshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  30. 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemCornPlum86 (b) Meera#Bell#16
  32. 32.🔐 Is “lotushilllamp11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-drum-kite-76 (b) Meera2016
  35. 35.🔐 “fernnestcloudboat” 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
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Is “cloud!brick!hill!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Toast.Wheel32 (b) plumrainkite52
  39. 39.🎂 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
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. Tiger@Gold@Boat33
  2. shorter than 12
  3. kite_tiger_moon_25
  4. GoldNeemMango34
  5. 4
  6. LeafPearlShell13
  7. shorter than 12
  8. 7
  9. SandLampMoon30
  10. Tent_Lamp_River41
  11. 15
  12. GoldNestRiver48
  13. weak
  14. 14
  15. weak
  16. emojis
  17. weak
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. nest#mango#pearl#82
  21. 14
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 8
  24. nest-mango-river-72
  25. 9
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. leaf.brick.chai.23
  28. 19
  29. risky
  30. 12
  31. NeemCornPlum86
  32. weak
  33. 3
  34. dust-drum-kite-76
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 8
  37. strong
  38. Lotus.Toast.Wheel32
  39. others can guess it
  40. 4

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