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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 511 · 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 has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine_shell_brick_50 (b) qwerty84
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-65 (b) chai!lake!kite!44
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverMoonSand48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “lotusvinenest11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “bellneemriver24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “mangomoonvine75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “hill_bell_corn_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#37 (b) pond.neem.pearl.34
  12. 12.🔐 Is “riverbrickgoldleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 “dusthillneem73” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Sand!49 (b) Hill#Lamp#Moon52
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.cloud.plum.10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 “Welcome.Neem86” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum_river_seed_11 (b) Welcome#Pond27
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-Pond-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Bell_Chai68 (b) Vihaan2010
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelbelldust80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 “Qwerty-Seed15” 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 “mangowheelplumbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “frogtigerraindrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#River#Sand27 (b) Diya2016
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Tara.Neem.65” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “rain_kite_bell_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Lamp!Sand25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon-Cloud-River49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Bell_Nest_Leaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteCloudFern56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumRainSeed55 (b) admin25
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand_corn_lamp_23 (b) password41
  39. 39.🔐 “riverfrogshellbell” 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
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. vine_shell_brick_50
  3. chai!lake!kite!44
  4. 15
  5. weak
  6. in your head
  7. 15
  8. 3
  9. 15
  10. strong
  11. pond.neem.pearl.34
  12. weak
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. Hill#Lamp#Moon52
  15. 18
  16. has a common word
  17. drum_river_seed_11
  18. 4
  19. 12
  20. Dust_Bell_Chai68
  21. 15
  22. has a common word
  23. 1
  24. weak
  25. Lamp#River#Sand27
  26. 4
  27. has a name or year
  28. strong
  29. 2
  30. risky
  31. 7
  32. 17
  33. weak
  34. 18
  35. strong
  36. 15
  37. PlumRainSeed55
  38. sand_corn_lamp_23
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 4

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