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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 48 · 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.🔐 Is “sandmangopearl61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 “lakewheelshellneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Corn80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara!Seed!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “nestbrickcorn67” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “moonfernseedgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Mango!15 (b) TigerSandCloud39
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Lamp@12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
  11. 11.🔐 Is “qwerty13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Is “CornHillChai57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornchairain77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Fern#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein60 (b) corn.shell.rain.43
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Ship.Pond65 (b) Rain.32
  20. 20.🔐 “Kabir_Tiger_71” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Fern#Plum78 (b) Saanvi2013
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “toast#plum#sand#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedMoonPearl70 (b) Qwerty_Neem43
  24. 24.🔐 Is “BellNeemSeed68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Seed@14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigermangolotusleaf (b) Corn!Sand!Cloud82
  27. 27.🔐 “Leaf.River.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  28. 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “lampboatriver10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Neem#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel!Hill!2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBoatPlum69 (b) Hill#Bell#2017
  33. 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  34. 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellplumbricklamp (b) KiteRainToast27
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Admin#Tiger37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Is “LampBoatPlum42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Seed_Boat16 (b) vinebrickfrog41
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 15
  4. 12
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 16
  7. TigerSandCloud39
  8. 12
  9. weak
  10. risky
  11. weak
  12. strong
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 10
  16. 10
  17. 3
  18. corn.shell.rain.43
  19. Cloud.Ship.Pond65
  20. has a name or year
  21. Tent#Fern#Plum78
  22. 18
  23. SeedMoonPearl70
  24. strong
  25. 4
  26. Corn!Sand!Cloud82
  27. has a name or year
  28. emojis
  29. 15
  30. 4
  31. 4
  32. VineBoatPlum69
  33. in your head
  34. others can guess it
  35. KiteRainToast27
  36. weak
  37. strong
  38. Lamp_Seed_Boat16
  39. 2
  40. 4

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