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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 552 · 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 “moonsandlamptiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfToastTent23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeSandCloud55 (b) lakecloudmangopond
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Kite_Tiger_2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Kabir#Sand#70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “Toast#Kite#2013” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Mango_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “Pond!82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “nest#lake#tent#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🗝️ 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@River35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Ship.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemRiverVine76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Pearl35 (b) Lotus#Lamp#Dust25
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Pearl@24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 “shipkitetoastrain” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou32 (b) dust!tent!neem!73
  19. 19.🔐 Is “kite!brick!chai!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Mango.48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 “Vihaan!Gold!28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Bell-83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-69 (b) Drum#Lake#Chai37
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Seed_Vine_Moon76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  29. 29.🔐 “Ananya-Drum-35” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.boat.hill.71 (b) toastcloudpearlbrick
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Dust.2012 (b) vine-seed-lamp-10
  32. 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Meera_Pond_86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonDustLamp40 (b) Meera2011
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Lotus!Rain51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Letmein_Toast31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Neem.Tiger.Fern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 “Wolf@52” 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

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 15
  3. LakeSandCloud55
  4. weak
  5. weak
  6. has a name or year
  7. 4
  8. shorter than 12
  9. 17
  10. in your head
  11. 16
  12. 13
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. Lotus#Lamp#Dust25
  16. 4
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. dust!tent!neem!73
  19. strong
  20. 3
  21. 14
  22. has a name or year
  23. 10
  24. weak
  25. 2
  26. Drum#Lake#Chai37
  27. strong
  28. emojis
  29. has a name or year
  30. seed.boat.hill.71
  31. vine-seed-lamp-10
  32. others can guess it
  33. weak
  34. 12
  35. MoonDustLamp40
  36. 8
  37. 17
  38. weak
  39. strong
  40. shorter than 12

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