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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 610 · 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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Fern_Drum71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Aarav#Lake#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Hill-86 (b) SeedPearlCloud69
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-24 (b) Lamp.Lotus.Pearl69
  6. 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.Nest.Plum60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainmangofernsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Vine.Chai.2013” 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Nest57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Vihaan@Pond@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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “corndusttiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “kitetigerdustbell” 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
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Toast_Lake29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 “nestneemmango38” 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
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Pond32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-Toast-Mango64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillrivershelldust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Arjun-Plum-74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 “Iloveyou-Shell55” 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
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@lamp@drum@83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Neem55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “neemfernseed77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  29. 29.🔐 “cornseedwolfwheel” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 “belltentvinesand” 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainmangofern41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Lamp.Toast.River13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 “drumwolfcloud80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastFernFrog49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2011 (b) PlumNestShip84
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlVineNeem60 (b) neemmangonest20
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill@Wolf@Seed34 (b) Dust#86
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#boat#drum#85 (b) letmein40
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “dust.ship.river.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. weak
  4. SeedPearlCloud69
  5. Lamp.Lotus.Pearl69
  6. risky
  7. 16
  8. 1
  9. has a name or year
  10. 14
  11. has a name or year
  12. 15
  13. 2
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 4
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 4
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. weak
  21. has a common word
  22. 12
  23. 3
  24. weak
  25. weak
  26. weak
  27. weak
  28. others can guess it
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. weak
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 2
  33. strong
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 15
  36. PlumNestShip84
  37. PearlVineNeem60
  38. Hill@Wolf@Seed34
  39. pearl#boat#drum#85
  40. 18

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