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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 435 · 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.🔐 “Kabir_Vine_10” 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
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “Welcome#Drum61” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “pond@plum@vine@17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Lotus@Toast@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#Moon#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “rain!pond!wheel!73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogwolfdrumshell (b) ToastCloudBell23
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#River#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@River88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Rain36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerkitedustcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelplumbrick20 (b) Wolf_Lamp_Sand52
  18. 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  19. 19.🔐 “toastsandpond14” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Nest.2016 (b) Seed#Lamp#Tiger76
  21. 21.🔐 “Neem-Plum-2010” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusseedgoldwolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “mooncloudshellsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-River12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password66 (b) Vine.Wolf.Bell60
  28. 28.🔐 “Wheel-29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastPearlHill10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “Diya-Pond-13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Toast56 (b) Frog#Mango#Lamp45
  33. 33.🔐 “Nest!Tiger!2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “password46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 “Tent@Leaf@2016” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Letmein_Toast18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinebellshell69 (b) WolfKiteLake20
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 “Wheel@26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔐 “toastlotusplum82” 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

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. in your head
  3. 4
  4. 10
  5. has a common word
  6. 17
  7. others can guess it
  8. weak
  9. 14
  10. 18
  11. ToastCloudBell23
  12. 15
  13. 15
  14. 12
  15. 3
  16. 18
  17. Wolf_Lamp_Sand52
  18. emojis
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. Seed#Lamp#Tiger76
  21. has a name or year
  22. 1
  23. 18
  24. 2
  25. 12
  26. 15
  27. Vine.Wolf.Bell60
  28. shorter than 12
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. has a name or year
  32. Frog#Mango#Lamp45
  33. has a name or year
  34. 10
  35. has a name or year
  36. weak
  37. WolfKiteLake20
  38. 2
  39. shorter than 12
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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