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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 396 · 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.🔐 “Rohan#Vine#33” 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
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Lotus.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!Leaf!Wheel37 (b) Rain!88
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Lotus_Pearl25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Lamp#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcornlotusriver (b) Fern-Chai-Lotus89
  8. 8.🔐 Is “HillGoldCorn56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Lamp#Ship24 (b) Meera!Shell!71
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  11. 11.🔐 “Letmein.Shell70” 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
  12. 12.🔐 “Nest!Leaf!2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonShellSeed62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “Lamp!Kite!2013” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedTigerBoat71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-Plum-Lamp33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 “mangoplumsandlotus” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusFernChai62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold.corn.mango.63 (b) wheelpearlriversand
  21. 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
  22. 22.🔐 “Tiger-53” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon#Lake#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “admin82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “gold#drum#pond#23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#Mango#2016 (b) HillFrogShip55
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellMangoRiver26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “toast-moon-drum-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Vine.Tiger.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRiverShip85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 “sanddusttentship” 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
  33. 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Lotus.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonbelldust39 (b) Hill!Vine!River26
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Neem#78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Pond-Neem22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “welcome76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty81 (b) GoldVineLamp17
  40. 40.🔐 Is “LeafLakeWolf27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 14
  3. 8
  4. Gold!Leaf!Wheel37
  5. 18
  6. 13
  7. Fern-Chai-Lotus89
  8. strong
  9. Tent#Lamp#Ship24
  10. 12
  11. has a common word
  12. has a name or year
  13. 15
  14. has a name or year
  15. 15
  16. 4
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 15
  19. others can guess it
  20. gold.corn.mango.63
  21. 3
  22. shorter than 12
  23. 4
  24. weak
  25. 17
  26. HillFrogShip55
  27. 3
  28. risky
  29. 18
  30. weak
  31. 3
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. emojis
  34. weak
  35. Hill!Vine!River26
  36. 13
  37. 17
  38. weak
  39. GoldVineLamp17
  40. strong

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