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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 470 · 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 kinds of characters does “sandvinepearl51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 “Saanvi.Wolf.32” 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
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Cloud-Shell-Mango20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Drum_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “Rohan.Rain.61” 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
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!River!Hill24 (b) Letmein-Cloud42
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Leaf@Frog35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.80 (b) shell-sand-dust-60
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-21 (b) BellCloudWheel74
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Tent!Boat!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Brick#Ship#Seed27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Boat-Lotus73 (b) Meera2014
  16. 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  17. 17.🔐 Is “hilllampship53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  19. 19.🔐 “Kite!Shell!2015” 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
  20. 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemMoonCorn56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “Sand#39” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine#33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Qwerty_Leaf61” 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
  25. 25.🔐 “cornriverbrick29” 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlBrickWheel56 (b) Hill-24
  29. 29.🔐 “Corn_Tent_2017” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Wolf_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafLotusWolf62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp#gold#ship#45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Corn#Frog#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumchailampriver (b) Dust!Fern!Corn15
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinecloudbellcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed#pond#boat#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBrickPond18 (b) Ship@Neem@2016
  38. 38.🔐 Is “toast#pond#neem#29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “hilltigershellpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 “Password_Kite70” 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

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. weak
  3. has a name or year
  4. 9
  5. strong
  6. 14
  7. has a name or year
  8. 12
  9. Ship!River!Hill24
  10. 16
  11. shell-sand-dust-60
  12. BellCloudWheel74
  13. weak
  14. strong
  15. Chai-Boat-Lotus73
  16. 3
  17. weak
  18. in your head
  19. has a name or year
  20. others can guess it
  21. 3
  22. shorter than 12
  23. 4
  24. has a common word
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. risky
  27. 2
  28. PearlBrickWheel56
  29. has a name or year
  30. weak
  31. 3
  32. 3
  33. weak
  34. Dust!Fern!Corn15
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. LotusBrickPond18
  38. strong
  39. 18
  40. has a common word

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