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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 430 · 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 “cornriversand12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Chai-27” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Chai82 (b) Kite_Sand_Fern83
  4. 4.🔐 Is “hill@cloud@bell@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakedustleaf86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Letmein.Frog78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Lake-Wheel-Vine63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  9. 9.🔐 “Plum-42” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipshellcorn18 (b) Ship@Chai@Cloud89
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Corn_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 “pearlnestcloud79” 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
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Seed41 (b) corn.mango.frog.51
  15. 15.🔐 Is “qwerty23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Is “letmein10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 Is “lotusmoonrain33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondwheelwolf89 (b) tent-lamp-bell-25
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerfernbellpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Iloveyou-Dust19” 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
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldKitePond49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#36 (b) bell@lake@frog@50
  23. 23.🎂 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
  24. 24.🔐 “Diya@Neem@51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Rain.Plum77 (b) Admin.Kite59
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainToastDust48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Leaf_Wheel49 (b) fernnesttent65
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.River.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Rain87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “LeafHillDrum40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlkiteshellmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 “Admin_Gold12” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “sand!wolf!frog!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell.drum.toast.81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “seedtentshellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Hill#Seed51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@sand@fern@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. shorter than 12
  3. Kite_Sand_Fern83
  4. strong
  5. 2
  6. weak
  7. strong
  8. 12
  9. shorter than 12
  10. Ship@Chai@Cloud89
  11. weak
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. 2
  14. corn.mango.frog.51
  15. weak
  16. weak
  17. weak
  18. tent-lamp-bell-25
  19. 17
  20. has a common word
  21. 3
  22. bell@lake@frog@50
  23. others can guess it
  24. has a name or year
  25. Sand.Rain.Plum77
  26. 3
  27. 3
  28. 3
  29. Drum_Leaf_Wheel49
  30. 14
  31. in your head
  32. 12
  33. strong
  34. 1
  35. has a common word
  36. strong
  37. 3
  38. 18
  39. 4
  40. 18

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