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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 594 · 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.🔐 “Seed!Bell!2013” 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
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “kitedrummangohill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “drumleaftoast13” 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Neem-Dust-2016” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#drum#toast#43 (b) shiphillgoldvine
  8. 8.🔐 Is “welcome39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “seedbelldrum34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Is “ShellChaiDust65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) PearlDustBrick34
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Seed@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Bell!2018 (b) Wolf.Moon.Vine39
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Bell20 (b) wheel-plum-corn-74
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Mango!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Leaf.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Fern-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!lake!plum!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Welcome#Sand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Vine.10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Tiger@Chai60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “bricktigermoon68” 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
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Wolf#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Frog-Corn-Wheel35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Tent!Lake!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 “Tara!Drum!89” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.tent.leaf.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Boat@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Seed#Bell#2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  34. 34.🔐 “Aarav#Sand#38” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password74 (b) Mango_Tiger_Dust20
  36. 36.🔐 “Tara_Neem_13” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “wheelraincorn36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.fern.moon.24 (b) Saanvi@Frog@58
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “password37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. others can guess it
  3. 3
  4. 17
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. has a name or year
  7. hill#drum#toast#43
  8. weak
  9. 9
  10. weak
  11. strong
  12. PearlDustBrick34
  13. weak
  14. Wolf.Moon.Vine39
  15. wheel-plum-corn-74
  16. 4
  17. 14
  18. 14
  19. 8
  20. 17
  21. weak
  22. emojis
  23. 14
  24. 4
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. 10
  27. 4
  28. strong
  29. weak
  30. has a name or year
  31. 17
  32. 14
  33. has a name or year
  34. has a name or year
  35. Mango_Tiger_Dust20
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. shell.fern.moon.24
  39. 4
  40. 10

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