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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 468 · 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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou39 (b) ChaiTentDust43
  4. 4.🔐 Is “BellPearlFern20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 “Shell.80” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@drum@chai@52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainMangoPlum47 (b) Qwerty.Bell17
  9. 9.🔐 Is “FernDrumLotus39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “PondWheelSand89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “lake.sand.drum.18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “Welcome_Rain47” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Is “toast_chai_neem_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome63 (b) Brick.Hill.Tent70
  16. 16.🔐 Is “sand!moon!plum!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Drum52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 “Lamp-Boat-2015” 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
  19. 19.🔐 “Ananya!Rain!61” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinepearlneemlotus (b) tiger_wolf_brick_19
  21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Lotus72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “brickdustwolfsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  25. 25.🔐 “Letmein-Kite57” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Vine@River@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai@Seed@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “toastkitecornwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Ship!Toast!Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Corn#69 (b) BrickSeedWheel32
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav!River!61 (b) tiger_plum_frog_38
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Lake52 (b) ship!brick!sand!62
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Frog.Hill12 (b) tenttoastchai36
  35. 35.🔐 Is “nest#brick#cloud#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Lotus#Shell18 (b) sandhillfrogpond
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “dustpondplumchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 “Tiger@88” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Lotus#Drum#Shell84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. emojis
  2. in your head
  3. ChaiTentDust43
  4. strong
  5. shorter than 12
  6. 18
  7. 3
  8. RainMangoPlum47
  9. strong
  10. 15
  11. 17
  12. has a common word
  13. strong
  14. others can guess it
  15. Brick.Hill.Tent70
  16. strong
  17. 13
  18. has a name or year
  19. has a name or year
  20. tiger_wolf_brick_19
  21. risky
  22. 4
  23. 17
  24. 12
  25. has a common word
  26. weak
  27. 4
  28. weak
  29. 3
  30. strong
  31. BrickSeedWheel32
  32. tiger_plum_frog_38
  33. ship!brick!sand!62
  34. Cloud.Frog.Hill12
  35. strong
  36. Rain#Lotus#Shell18
  37. 16
  38. 2
  39. shorter than 12
  40. strong

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