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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 607 · 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.🔐 “chaiwolfvine66” 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
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Cloud#Moon#Lake10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “hillfernchai40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🗝️ 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
  8. 8.🔐 Is “kite-frog-ship-29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 “frognestwolfneem” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Cloud-Lotus-Seed37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “lampgoldmoonship” 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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Kite#Hill41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 “Tara!Tent!51” 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
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “CornFrogVine79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “lakeseedsand88” 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
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Meera2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Vine83 (b) sand@fern@wolf@58
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun_Pearl_63 (b) hill_toast_seed_62
  22. 22.🔐 “tentlotusdrumbell” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “mango!hill!tent!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “river_lake_mango_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Hill.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “Welcome@Ship16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “mango_leaf_vine_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Cloud#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “rain!wheel!seed!47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Lamp#Hill#Leaf15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlToastPond72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “pearl-kite-nest-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “frogferncloudboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “CornChaiWheel76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Tara2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Fern_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “Welcome@Kite22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Lamp@Neem30 (b) password40
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Toast.Sand.Wheel45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. others can guess it
  3. strong
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 14
  7. in your head
  8. strong
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. strong
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. 16
  13. has a name or year
  14. 14
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. risky
  17. weak
  18. 9
  19. sand@fern@wolf@58
  20. 12
  21. hill_toast_seed_62
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 18
  24. 19
  25. 14
  26. has a common word
  27. 18
  28. 15
  29. strong
  30. strong
  31. 3
  32. strong
  33. 17
  34. strong
  35. weak
  36. 10
  37. 15
  38. has a common word
  39. Tiger@Lamp@Neem30
  40. strong

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