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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 466 · 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.🔐 “fernkitepearlship” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteShipLamp16 (b) Cloud!78
  3. 3.🔐 “cloudnestlotusfrog” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Nest!Neem!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Ship@Drum@Nest82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🗝️ 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
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Drum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “fernrainshellwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Is “letmein67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Is “KitePlumRain36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Dust#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonNestDust61 (b) goldpondhillfrog
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemMoonFern24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Ship.Hill.Kite13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl!wheel!tent!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.pond.plum.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusLeafLamp10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein32 (b) gold_kite_nest_57
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastplumlampdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “Password.Shell49” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin81 (b) tiger!lake!vine!34
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumplumcloudtiger (b) Cloud@Drum@Lamp35
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Meera#Corn#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonbellgold63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast.tent.frog.23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-river-frog-38 (b) brickbellship84
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_Frog_Lamp22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Sand#60 (b) Mango-Neem-Shell65
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick_cloud_drum_24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-leaf-gold-43 (b) Aarav2016
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Bell#2016 (b) Shell.Tent.River18

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. KiteShipLamp16
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. weak
  5. strong
  6. in your head
  7. 13
  8. 17
  9. weak
  10. weak
  11. strong
  12. 10
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. MoonNestDust61
  16. 14
  17. strong
  18. risky
  19. 19
  20. 3
  21. 17
  22. 3
  23. gold_kite_nest_57
  24. 1
  25. 7
  26. has a common word
  27. tiger!lake!vine!34
  28. Cloud@Drum@Lamp35
  29. weak
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. toast-river-frog-38
  33. 2
  34. 4
  35. emojis
  36. Mango-Neem-Shell65
  37. 2
  38. 3
  39. ship-leaf-gold-43
  40. Shell.Tent.River18

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