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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 432 · 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 “shellsandboat52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “shell!pond!bell!85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river-frog-brick-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Pearl-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipchaidust67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumpondlakerain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Gold.Ship.2018” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “BoatLampNest53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Sand_Plum_Shell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Is “hillrivertoast25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentPlumSand41 (b) Meera@Mango@48
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Ship!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Vine.Hill26 (b) Lotus#89
  17. 17.🔐 Is “ChaiLampWolf54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Wheel#Gold78 (b) seedriverrainshell
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelCloudRain30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 “pondvineneem56” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Pearl@Boat@Fern47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Gold57 (b) Chai#Wolf#Corn41
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#River#53 (b) Leaf#Wolf#Drum14
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Neem26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Boat50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog@chai@tiger@14 (b) Chai-Lake-2016
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond@drum@lamp@76 (b) wolfneemplumcloud
  30. 30.🔐 “Cloud.Ship.2014” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi#Dust#44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Frog78 (b) Brick@Lotus@Bell28
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “chaitentgold48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillGoldToast61 (b) Vihaan2010
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandFrogTiger79 (b) Cloud.Frog.2008
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan.Wolf.29 (b) ToastLampDrum10
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  40. 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. emojis
  6. 8
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. has a name or year
  10. strong
  11. 3
  12. strong
  13. weak
  14. TentPlumSand41
  15. 14
  16. Lamp.Vine.Hill26
  17. strong
  18. 12
  19. Bell#Wheel#Gold78
  20. 3
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. strong
  23. 4
  24. Chai#Wolf#Corn41
  25. Leaf#Wolf#Drum14
  26. 14
  27. 4
  28. frog@chai@tiger@14
  29. pond@drum@lamp@76
  30. has a name or year
  31. 14
  32. 3
  33. 7
  34. Brick@Lotus@Bell28
  35. 14
  36. HillGoldToast61
  37. SandFrogTiger79
  38. ToastLampDrum10
  39. others can guess it
  40. risky

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