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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 537 · 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.🔐 Is “Gold.Drum.Pearl42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumnestship28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Nest#Wolf38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin88 (b) sand!leaf!drum!66
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Gold.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 Is “ChaiSeedRiver34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 “Pond.82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfchairivertoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  13. 13.🔐 Is “raintigerlakeseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Is “hilltentdustseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandRiverMoon28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “Pearl#Seed#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Lake-Mango58 (b) Chai!Plum!2008
  20. 20.🔐 “Qwerty!Leaf47” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) Tiger!Bell!Lotus31
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Plum_Kite_Nest58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond_frog_corn_32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Ship-Tent-Boat82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password81 (b) Tent_Lamp_Sand66
  26. 26.🔐 Is “leaf_bell_shell_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteneemchaipond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondmangotoast63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password30 (b) Tent_Lamp_Neem89
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Tent.Chai11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Password!Sand35” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Vine!Lake21 (b) tigercornleaflake
  34. 34.🎂 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “kite@ship@neem@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldShipLamp22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “River#17” 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 kinds of characters does “Admin@Sand82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverDrumNest65 (b) Rohan_Hill_89

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. 2
  3. 16
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. sand!leaf!drum!66
  7. 14
  8. strong
  9. shorter than 12
  10. weak
  11. 1
  12. risky
  13. weak
  14. 8
  15. weak
  16. in your head
  17. 3
  18. has a name or year
  19. Nest-Lake-Mango58
  20. has a common word
  21. Tiger!Bell!Lotus31
  22. strong
  23. 3
  24. strong
  25. Tent_Lamp_Sand66
  26. strong
  27. 16
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. Tent_Lamp_Neem89
  31. 17
  32. has a common word
  33. Brick!Vine!Lake21
  34. others can guess it
  35. strong
  36. 12
  37. 3
  38. shorter than 12
  39. 4
  40. RiverDrumNest65

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