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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 496 · 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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelpearlchai42 (b) seed.plum.rain.60
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#River#Shell48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 “Iloveyou_Dust55” 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 “Vihaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Lamp#Rain#Lake21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlfrogchai69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfdustgold20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  10. 10.🔐 Is “qwerty34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Ananya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 “Letmein@Corn22” 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
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-Lotus-Neem48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir-Boat-61 (b) neem-toast-drum-11
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “password72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Shell!86” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “cloud.brick.neem.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 “Ananya.Neem.50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  23. 23.🔐 Is “PearlBellVine69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafLampTent82 (b) plumwheelcorngold
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2013 (b) leaf#shell#gold#50
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!Lamp!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldtentwolfdrum (b) moon-shell-rain-13
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Rohan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@ship@plum@53 (b) Lamp-Shell-2018
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Tent84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “drumpearlhillchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein13 (b) River!Dust!Shell46
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Neem_Mango_Drum75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Vine.48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeDustCorn59 (b) riverwheeltiger22
  36. 36.🔐 “Nest!Gold!2016” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “fernfrogseedrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “password36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required

Answer key

  1. seed.plum.rain.60
  2. 19
  3. has a common word
  4. weak
  5. 3
  6. strong
  7. 15
  8. 2
  9. others can guess it
  10. weak
  11. weak
  12. has a common word
  13. 4
  14. in your head
  15. 2
  16. neem-toast-drum-11
  17. 10
  18. 8
  19. 3
  20. shorter than 12
  21. strong
  22. has a name or year
  23. strong
  24. LeafLampTent82
  25. leaf#shell#gold#50
  26. 14
  27. moon-shell-rain-13
  28. weak
  29. drum@ship@plum@53
  30. 13
  31. 17
  32. River!Dust!Shell46
  33. strong
  34. weak
  35. LakeDustCorn59
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. 12
  39. 10
  40. risky

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