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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 599 · 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.🔐 “Neem@Leaf@2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  2. 2.🔐 “rivershipmangoneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Lamp#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “chaiwolfdrum10” 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
  5. 5.🔐 “Letmein!Lamp66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumSandLamp70 (b) Brick#12
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Rohan.Wheel.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Wolf53 (b) Brick!Nest!Mango65
  9. 9.🔐 Is “LeafCloudHill78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
  11. 11.🔐 “Leaf-Tent-2016” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn_gold_bell_88 (b) shipboatlake31
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#35 (b) Hill.Seed.Lake18
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2011 (b) Shell-Boat-Pearl64
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “bell.frog.leaf.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “Password-Nest61” 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
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestBoatMoon77 (b) Dust!56
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.Lake.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Seed-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “vine.boat.chai.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Kite#Dust#Sand67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “Brick-Sand-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  25. 25.🔐 Is “letmein51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “plumtoastlampkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 “Brick@Lamp@2016” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Saanvi_Drum_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferntoastpearl11 (b) BrickLampFrog51
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.toast.gold.20 (b) Mango.61
  31. 31.🔐 Is “lakekiteleaf34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Seed76 (b) CornFrogMoon23
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickwolfnest17 (b) Shell_Rain_Lotus59
  34. 34.🔐 “Qwerty_Lotus63” 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) tent#kite#hill#17 (b) Admin.Drum39
  36. 36.🔐 “Letmein-Wolf36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔐 “toastfernleaf35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  38. 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 4
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. has a common word
  6. PlumSandLamp70
  7. weak
  8. Brick!Nest!Mango65
  9. strong
  10. 12
  11. has a name or year
  12. corn_gold_bell_88
  13. 4
  14. Hill.Seed.Lake18
  15. Shell-Boat-Pearl64
  16. 17
  17. has a common word
  18. NestBoatMoon77
  19. 14
  20. 4
  21. strong
  22. others can guess it
  23. strong
  24. has a name or year
  25. weak
  26. weak
  27. has a name or year
  28. weak
  29. BrickLampFrog51
  30. fern.toast.gold.20
  31. weak
  32. CornFrogMoon23
  33. Shell_Rain_Lotus59
  34. has a common word
  35. tent#kite#hill#17
  36. has a common word
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. risky
  39. 2
  40. 3

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