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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 51 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Chai_47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “Password-Chai24” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivershipshellwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangohilldrumship (b) kite!rain!pond!79
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tent.drum.neem.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@lake@lamp@53 (b) Diya-Chai-58
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “corndrumwheel82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Dust49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Drum12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!tent!cloud!63 (b) Rohan2009
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentLampFrog20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
  18. 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  19. 19.🔐 “Cloud_Pond_2008” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Lotus.71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Corn.Gold58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2009 (b) MangoTentSand76
  23. 23.🔐 “Aarav@Drum@20” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteDrumWheel14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Tara.Vine.78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmangohillwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “Gold!12” 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
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Neem-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “cloudneemnestlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#corn#lamp#27 (b) Ishaan2013
  32. 32.🔐 “frogneemmoonplum” 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
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Seed@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “Neem_Tiger_2009” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “lakeshellbricklamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Tiger@Rain@Pearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Tiger!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Lake-Brick77 (b) Diya_Tent_69
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “sand@moon@chai@48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Leaf!2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. in your head
  3. 4
  4. has a common word
  5. 1
  6. kite!rain!pond!79
  7. 17
  8. 8
  9. plum@lake@lamp@53
  10. 15
  11. 4
  12. weak
  13. 12
  14. 9
  15. chai!tent!cloud!63
  16. 3
  17. 3
  18. emojis
  19. has a name or year
  20. weak
  21. 16
  22. MangoTentSand76
  23. has a name or year
  24. 3
  25. weak
  26. risky
  27. 18
  28. shorter than 12
  29. 14
  30. weak
  31. rain#corn#lamp#27
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. 4
  34. has a name or year
  35. weak
  36. strong
  37. weak
  38. Toast-Lake-Brick77
  39. 17
  40. 4

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