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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 600 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Moon83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Password-Kite21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 “Vine-Seed-2014” 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
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangodustfernnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “shellmoonwolfleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#Tiger#11 (b) pond_shell_seed_22
  7. 7.🔐 Is “lotus@mango@gold@85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Is “tenttoastdustfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@33 (b) RainKiteShip36
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampmooncorn79 (b) corn.wolf.brick.21
  12. 12.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “neemboatship18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemvineboat41 (b) Pond-Kite-River44
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Vine@Dust53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestdustmoongold (b) Toast!Seed!Vine61
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  18. 18.🔐 “Cloud-Dust-2008” 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
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-pond-sand-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “password14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 “kitedustshipmango” 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
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf@lake@neem@77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Is “moon#tiger#drum#17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogpearlbell28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 “Ship.River.2018” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Plum_76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Chai_Dust12 (b) cornwheelshell83
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick_lotus_toast_86 (b) Cloud.41
  33. 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vineplumfroggold (b) Frog!River!Shell84
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold_moon_drum_20 (b) sandnestlotuschai
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Nest!Drum60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Kabir!Mango!59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondLampGold59 (b) Password-Gold77
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Bell@Gold88 (b) password39
  40. 40.🔐 “Welcome-Shell31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. weak
  3. has a name or year
  4. 1
  5. weak
  6. pond_shell_seed_22
  7. strong
  8. weak
  9. in your head
  10. RainKiteShip36
  11. corn.wolf.brick.21
  12. weak
  13. 14
  14. Pond-Kite-River44
  15. 4
  16. Toast!Seed!Vine61
  17. emojis
  18. has a name or year
  19. 9
  20. 9
  21. 2
  22. 17
  23. 10
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 3
  26. strong
  27. 2
  28. 8
  29. has a name or year
  30. weak
  31. Fern_Chai_Dust12
  32. brick_lotus_toast_86
  33. others can guess it
  34. Frog!River!Shell84
  35. gold_moon_drum_20
  36. 4
  37. has a name or year
  38. PondLampGold59
  39. Shell@Bell@Gold88
  40. has a common word

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