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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 544 · 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 “WolfLeafCloud52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 “Plum@42” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!ship!fern!61 (b) Kabir.Neem.46
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2009 (b) neem#lake#dust#27
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2014 (b) Toast_Sand_Lotus84
  7. 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Admin.Pearl23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf_shell_pond_71 (b) letmein42
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Dust@81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!Neem!Brick19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “VineTentDrum56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  14. 14.🔐 “Rain-15” 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
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickseedkite58 (b) GoldNeemMoon72
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Seed@Plum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🗝️ 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Brick44 (b) tent.corn.lake.28
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-River-Ship18 (b) cornfrogkitebrick
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuspondleaf51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Is “nest@wolf@ship@86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-31 (b) neem!brick!toast!60
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!74 (b) Bell-Hill-Toast46
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Kite-2008 (b) Kite@Drum@Lake62
  28. 28.🔐 Is “cloudseeddustcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Nest#Leaf11 (b) Arjun-Wheel-25
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Fern17 (b) Tiger@Hill@Pearl83
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_Neem_Drum49 (b) Wolf-Frog-2015
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Ship!65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Shell!River!2009” 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
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_Seed_2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentplummango16 (b) PondGoldSand69
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumGoldChai75 (b) drumfrogneemnest
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeRainCorn30 (b) Saanvi2013
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “kitewolfcorn22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 “Drum.63” 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

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. shorter than 12
  3. lamp!ship!fern!61
  4. neem#lake#dust#27
  5. 4
  6. Toast_Sand_Lotus84
  7. 12
  8. weak
  9. leaf_shell_pond_71
  10. weak
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. shorter than 12
  15. others can guess it
  16. GoldNeemMoon72
  17. 4
  18. 8
  19. in your head
  20. tent.corn.lake.28
  21. Corn-River-Ship18
  22. 15
  23. strong
  24. emojis
  25. neem!brick!toast!60
  26. Bell-Hill-Toast46
  27. Kite@Drum@Lake62
  28. weak
  29. Wheel#Nest#Leaf11
  30. Tiger@Hill@Pearl83
  31. Cloud_Neem_Drum49
  32. 13
  33. has a name or year
  34. 15
  35. risky
  36. PondGoldSand69
  37. PlumGoldChai75
  38. LakeRainCorn30
  39. 14
  40. shorter than 12

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