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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 52 · 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Wheel!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@frog@lamp@64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “SandLampCloud21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Ananya!Ship!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferntigerwolfmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Gold.Lamp27 (b) shellplumlake67
  9. 9.🔐 “Ishaan@Boat@18” 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
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Wolf10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickChaiLeaf39 (b) Drum!Plum!2010
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “drumpondboat12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 15.🔐 Is “dust#nest#wolf#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Lotus@14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou52 (b) Fern-Corn-Lake32
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Hill11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.56 (b) pearl!gold!chai!42
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Toast#2017 (b) Mango#Gold#Brick57
  24. 24.🔐 “Wheel#77” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 25.🔐 Is “BellTigerBoat25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Diya-Kite-47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 “lakesandtoastfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  30. 30.🔐 “tentvinechai14” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Chai@26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Is “HillLeafTent59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 “vinedrumseed33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 34.🔐 “Vine@34” 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
  35. 35.🔐 “Iloveyou@Pond23” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Cloud!Pearl!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Lotus.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “Lake#50” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lake.gold.sand.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Leaf#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 3
  4. strong
  5. 3
  6. weak
  7. 1
  8. Drum.Gold.Lamp27
  9. has a name or year
  10. 4
  11. BrickChaiLeaf39
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. strong
  16. weak
  17. 14
  18. others can guess it
  19. 8
  20. Fern-Corn-Lake32
  21. 14
  22. pearl!gold!chai!42
  23. Mango#Gold#Brick57
  24. shorter than 12
  25. strong
  26. 3
  27. has a name or year
  28. 9
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. weak
  32. strong
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. shorter than 12
  35. has a common word
  36. weak
  37. 15
  38. shorter than 12
  39. 17
  40. 15

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