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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 629 · 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.🔐 Is “Seed-Wheel-Hill70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatrivermoondust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) seed.leaf.neem.58
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeSeedVine30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome71 (b) ship@hill@lake@83
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Nest.Wolf49 (b) Corn!40
  10. 10.🔐 “chaiplumfern36” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “rainvinefrog51” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “WheelLampShip52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Toast.Cloud25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Is “WolfKiteMoon75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Nest#River#Cloud82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-river-kite-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampchaitigerpearl (b) DrumBellPearl35
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-Fern-Leaf25 (b) Corn-30
  21. 21.🔐 “River-Cloud-2018” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “cloud#dust#rain#34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Is “sand#hill#rain#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “dustchailakecorn” 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
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Is “neem.boat.sand.87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlotusfrogcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscorncloudmango (b) RiverDustLamp69
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@Hill@Kite26 (b) Leaf#River#2012
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumDrumHill10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Toast#Tiger79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Cloud@Wolf35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Pearl!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
  36. 36.🔐 “mangoclouddustboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickrainshell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Gold#Shell89 (b) lotusnestcorn30
  39. 39.🔐 “Bell.Lamp.2014” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2015 (b) SandKiteSeed46

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. 1
  3. in your head
  4. others can guess it
  5. seed.leaf.neem.58
  6. 3
  7. 12
  8. ship@hill@lake@83
  9. Seed.Nest.Wolf49
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. strong
  13. emojis
  14. 4
  15. 4
  16. strong
  17. strong
  18. 18
  19. DrumBellPearl35
  20. Mango-Fern-Leaf25
  21. has a name or year
  22. strong
  23. strong
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 2
  26. strong
  27. 3
  28. 18
  29. RiverDustLamp69
  30. Chai@Hill@Kite26
  31. 3
  32. 19
  33. 17
  34. 4
  35. risky
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 2
  38. Lake#Gold#Shell89
  39. has a name or year
  40. SandKiteSeed46

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