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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 612 · 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 “Drum#84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Dust_Lamp_Mango86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 “bellvinetoastshell” 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
  4. 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipneempondriver (b) gold@pearl@lotus@43
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) Wolf.Dust.Frog20
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  8. 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatlakecloudmango (b) FrogRainLamp87
  10. 10.🔐 Is “BellLeafShip16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite!Neem!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-mango-lotus-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@lotus@cloud@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Vine_Seed87 (b) Qwerty_Hill88
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_Chai_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Aarav@Pearl@62” 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
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “boatkitecorndust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernKiteWolf28 (b) River#Dust#2009
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogKiteLake77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Letmein-Nest31” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldkiteleaftoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “seedbrickneemfrog” 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
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cornneemhill58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin15 (b) Kite.Brick.Chai32
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernSandShip85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.shell.boat.23 (b) Plum!85
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Dust.Gold.Leaf79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “plumnestbrick88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Tara!Nest!49” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger!leaf!plum!26 (b) Rohan2012
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “mangolampcloudpearl” 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
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) LeafRainBoat85
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernTigerToast29 (b) lampgoldchai59

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. strong
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. risky
  5. gold@pearl@lotus@43
  6. Wolf.Dust.Frog20
  7. emojis
  8. 3
  9. FrogRainLamp87
  10. strong
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 2
  16. Nest_Vine_Seed87
  17. 12
  18. 4
  19. has a name or year
  20. 16
  21. FernKiteWolf28
  22. 14
  23. has a common word
  24. 1
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. 14
  27. Kite.Brick.Chai32
  28. 3
  29. others can guess it
  30. plum.shell.boat.23
  31. strong
  32. 15
  33. has a name or year
  34. tiger!leaf!plum!26
  35. 7
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 9
  38. LeafRainBoat85
  39. 2
  40. FernTigerToast29

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