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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 495 · 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelmangolotus44 (b) shell-tiger-bell-31
  4. 4.🔐 “Nisha.Wheel.69” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai#Fern#Lamp74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belllotustoastboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustlotustigerwheel (b) Toast#Cloud#Vine30
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Nest70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipplummangorain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlLotusFrog36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamplotuslakeshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “Boat@39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafWheelMango26 (b) shipwheelcorn89
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Rain@Corn@Neem40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  19. 19.🔐 “Meera#Tent#80” 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
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “seedfrogtiger61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_Wheel_Brick87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipCornKite86 (b) Gold.89
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Frog@Rain76 (b) Gold@Toast@2011
  24. 24.🔐 “Password-Drum61” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Tent82 (b) Vine#Frog#Boat36
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) dust-hill-drum-81
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 “boatbrickwolfgold” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfSeedToast67 (b) qwerty55
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger_16 (b) tiger@vine@river@15
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Sand#Rain#Shell80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Moon_Gold_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 “Ananya.Drum.70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  34. 34.🔐 “Nest#Chai#2008” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-Tent-Wolf83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “lamppondmoon51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 “Tiger#18” 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
  38. 38.🗝️ 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
  39. 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Shell-Gold80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. 4
  3. shell-tiger-bell-31
  4. has a name or year
  5. 4
  6. 1
  7. Toast#Cloud#Vine30
  8. 4
  9. others can guess it
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. emojis
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. shorter than 12
  16. LeafWheelMango26
  17. strong
  18. 3
  19. has a name or year
  20. 15
  21. 18
  22. ShipCornKite86
  23. Neem@Frog@Rain76
  24. has a common word
  25. Vine#Frog#Boat36
  26. dust-hill-drum-81
  27. 3
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. WolfSeedToast67
  30. tiger@vine@river@15
  31. strong
  32. weak
  33. has a name or year
  34. has a name or year
  35. 16
  36. weak
  37. shorter than 12
  38. in your head
  39. 12
  40. 4

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