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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 412 · 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.🔐 “Seed_Boat_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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatWheelTent22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornTigerSand57 (b) Boat#19
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldBoatMango48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Moon@Leaf@Ship41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Kabir2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Toast73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Is “ShellMangoCloud50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Mango31 (b) Tent@Pearl@Bell23
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2009 (b) Ship-River-Bell74
  13. 13.🔐 Is “fern.nest.kite.24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest!Drum!Gold27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumwolfcloudplum (b) Boat.Dust.Wolf17
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@River@2008 (b) shell.chai.moon.34
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein10 (b) Moon_Lake_Chai17
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Toast!Brick29 (b) Welcome@Fern47
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Pond-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Brick_Moon_Kite88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “brickdustwolf11” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Wheel74 (b) toast!tiger!hill!60
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafMangoLake32 (b) Tara2015
  27. 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Mango-Seed61 (b) Qwerty!Lamp40
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan!Sand!35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn_27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Pearl80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “vinelampkitebell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillShellBell18 (b) Tara_Corn_23
  38. 38.🔐 “Neem@30” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudVineToast11 (b) Kabir2011
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 3
  3. CornTigerSand57
  4. 3
  5. 9
  6. risky
  7. strong
  8. weak
  9. weak
  10. strong
  11. Tent@Pearl@Bell23
  12. Ship-River-Bell74
  13. strong
  14. 16
  15. Boat.Dust.Wolf17
  16. shell.chai.moon.34
  17. Moon_Lake_Chai17
  18. Kite!Toast!Brick29
  19. weak
  20. strong
  21. 3
  22. 10
  23. 4
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. toast!tiger!hill!60
  26. LeafMangoLake32
  27. others can guess it
  28. Kite-Mango-Seed61
  29. emojis
  30. weak
  31. 7
  32. weak
  33. 14
  34. 7
  35. weak
  36. 12
  37. HillShellBell18
  38. shorter than 12
  39. CloudVineToast11
  40. 2

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