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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 455 · 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 “kite.plum.toast.31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Kabir!Tiger!69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  3. 3.🔐 Is “qwerty59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Lotus.Moon76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “Gold@Chai@2010” 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
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Lake.Vine17 (b) Saanvi#Drum#30
  7. 7.🔐 “River!32” 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
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Rain#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Is “DrumRainLamp79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 “Iloveyou_Toast19” 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
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Gold32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 “Aarav#Wheel#76” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Boat#2009 (b) frog#rain#plum#41
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty69 (b) corn-hill-wolf-12
  16. 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.neem.lamp.11 (b) Iloveyou#Mango79
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin89 (b) Moon-Mango-Wolf55
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  23. 23.🔐 “Toast-56” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2014 (b) Cloud.Drum.Moon10
  25. 25.🔐 “plumshipneem10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Drum@Seed10 (b) Qwerty-Shell85
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumfrogtigerlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampgoldbell10 (b) Boat-Plum-Hill59
  30. 30.🔐 “drumwheelfrogcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  31. 31.🔐 Is “qwerty82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemLeafBell69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Hill-66” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Frog.Sand.Hill63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellPlumRiver31 (b) rainpondwolfshell
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#Fern#15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Brick78 (b) mango@leaf@seed@54
  38. 38.🔐 “Neem#81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus#nest#hill#64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. has a name or year
  3. weak
  4. 4
  5. has a name or year
  6. Ship.Lake.Vine17
  7. shorter than 12
  8. 15
  9. strong
  10. has a common word
  11. 4
  12. 4
  13. has a name or year
  14. frog#rain#plum#41
  15. corn-hill-wolf-12
  16. 12
  17. leaf.neem.lamp.11
  18. 7
  19. 3
  20. Moon-Mango-Wolf55
  21. 7
  22. in your head
  23. shorter than 12
  24. Cloud.Drum.Moon10
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. 3
  27. Rain@Drum@Seed10
  28. 1
  29. Boat-Plum-Hill59
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. weak
  32. 14
  33. shorter than 12
  34. strong
  35. BellPlumRiver31
  36. 14
  37. mango@leaf@seed@54
  38. shorter than 12
  39. others can guess it
  40. 3

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