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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 655 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Bell_2015 (b) Dust_Wolf_Neem51
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivernestsandwolf (b) DustKitePlum73
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedTentShip43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 “cornfernchairain” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango@chai@leaf@31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “lampshellrivership” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Drum-Neem-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@lake@drum@23 (b) Letmein-Boat16
  11. 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-mango-lake-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Rain31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  16. 16.🔐 “Iloveyou-Nest89” 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
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Rain76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearldrumneembrick (b) Gold@Wolf@Cloud42
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2016 (b) River_Cloud_Tent73
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf-ship-neem-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Bell-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumSeedLake36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf_corn_bell_34 (b) Nisha_Lotus_37
  25. 25.🔐 Is “LeafCornKite21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold#26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “Diya_Dust_71” 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
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf!Drum!2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome47 (b) Frog.Tent.Toast19
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!Brick!Hill88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “Lotus!41” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivermangoneemseed (b) hill_kite_chai_18
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Neem.Lake.Sand27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Chai-Leaf85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuscloudlamp28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogbrickchaimango (b) HillWolfLotus66

Answer key

  1. Dust_Wolf_Neem51
  2. DustKitePlum73
  3. in your head
  4. 9
  5. 3
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 3
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. weak
  10. tent@lake@drum@23
  11. emojis
  12. 18
  13. 4
  14. 4
  15. others can guess it
  16. has a common word
  17. 15
  18. Gold@Wolf@Cloud42
  19. River_Cloud_Tent73
  20. 17
  21. 8
  22. weak
  23. 14
  24. leaf_corn_bell_34
  25. strong
  26. 3
  27. 7
  28. has a name or year
  29. 4
  30. Frog.Tent.Toast19
  31. weak
  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. shorter than 12
  35. hill_kite_chai_18
  36. 12
  37. strong
  38. 16
  39. 16
  40. HillWolfLotus66

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