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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 429 · 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 “Hill@Wheel@Tiger70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “toastshipwolfcorn” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Wolf!23 (b) ChaiWolfSand70
  5. 5.🎂 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Meera#Hill#87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust@lotus@vine@43 (b) lampmangomoon29
  8. 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Tara!Lamp!74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “toastrainlake27” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.nest.bell.80 (b) lampkitebell89
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Ship11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusriverhill26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “Frog!36” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafSeedDrum17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainmangofrogfern (b) leaf!bell!neem!71
  20. 20.🔐 Is “neemboatplumlotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-toast-leaf-28 (b) seedwolfvinebrick
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password35 (b) brick.drum.fern.20
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipmangorivercloud (b) LakeRiverNeem27
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2013 (b) hill@ship@drum@13
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!77 (b) GoldLeafFern81
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogVineLake36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “admin86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “neem-leaf-vine-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickShellMango50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “tigerleafdustshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Dust-2010 (b) FernLeafFrog23
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernHillLotus57 (b) Password-Frog36
  33. 33.🔐 “River_Sand_2015” 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
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatMangoTent61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Plum61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Diya_Moon_78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Tent!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Brick#2018 (b) ChaiLampNeem34
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Neem_Dust32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3
  4. ChaiWolfSand70
  5. others can guess it
  6. has a name or year
  7. dust@lotus@vine@43
  8. risky
  9. weak
  10. 3
  11. 7
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. river.nest.bell.80
  14. weak
  15. 12
  16. 16
  17. shorter than 12
  18. 14
  19. leaf!bell!neem!71
  20. weak
  21. seed-toast-leaf-28
  22. brick.drum.fern.20
  23. LakeRiverNeem27
  24. hill@ship@drum@13
  25. GoldLeafFern81
  26. 3
  27. weak
  28. 17
  29. 17
  30. weak
  31. FernLeafFrog23
  32. FernHillLotus57
  33. has a name or year
  34. 15
  35. 15
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. ChaiLampNeem34
  39. 16
  40. 10

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