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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 603 · 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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Lotus.Lake41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Is “river.kite.wheel.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “plum.drum.toast.51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “Lotus@14” 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Pearl@Brick@2015” 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
  7. 7.🔐 “chaiseedmoonmango” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Is “ship#hill#lotus#30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillFernDrum19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Pearl#Chai52 (b) Pond-29
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Neem-Wolf-Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  14. 14.🔐 Is “CloudDrumBrick74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  16. 16.🔐 Is “letmein87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🔐 Is “lotusmoonshell20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Leaf-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@58 (b) kite@seed@brick@36
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentnestrain26 (b) Fern#Leaf#Lotus48
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonmangolotus40 (b) CloudTigerSand54
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogLeafLamp24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “admin69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Rohan!Lamp!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Kite-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Diya-Lamp-19” 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
  31. 31.🔐 “boatfrogneemnest” 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
  32. 32.🔐 “Pearl.Rain.2009” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-seed-mango-52 (b) iloveyou57
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuskiteshell68 (b) ChaiLampNeem78
  35. 35.🔐 Is “cloudbrickmangoriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Nest#Wolf#Pond79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldMangoHill36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Toast!78 (b) Corn.Gold.Vine45
  39. 39.🔐 “Lake_69” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandCloudWheel70 (b) Iloveyou.Mango36

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 4
  3. strong
  4. 18
  5. shorter than 12
  6. has a name or year
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. strong
  9. weak
  10. 3
  11. Toast#Pearl#Chai52
  12. strong
  13. 3
  14. strong
  15. in your head
  16. weak
  17. emojis
  18. weak
  19. weak
  20. kite@seed@brick@36
  21. others can guess it
  22. 2
  23. Fern#Leaf#Lotus48
  24. CloudTigerSand54
  25. 14
  26. 7
  27. weak
  28. weak
  29. 4
  30. has a name or year
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. has a name or year
  33. lamp-seed-mango-52
  34. ChaiLampNeem78
  35. weak
  36. strong
  37. 15
  38. Corn.Gold.Vine45
  39. shorter than 12
  40. SandCloudWheel70

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