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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 657 · 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.🔐 “Seed-26” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Wheel-Rain-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldwheelbrick11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “drumtentcloudlake” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “VineBoatGold22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Pearl-Chai86 (b) Aarav2010
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Wheel.Plum85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedKiteNeem33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustShellWolf32 (b) rivermoondrum14
  11. 11.🔐 “Kabir_Tiger_88” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!corn!boat!64 (b) password72
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.tent.sand.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “Plum.Ship.2013” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Ship!Seed!Nest39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Vine@Chai@Lamp59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#fern#ship#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “lotus_moon_river_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Kite#Wheel89 (b) Sand-Kite-2014
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Moon.70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Frog!Plum!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_neem_tent_35 (b) Kabir-Kite-29
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “frog_ship_moon_52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Lake54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Seed-Drum67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond.Lake.Dust37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Sand-Moon53 (b) password53
  33. 33.🔐 Is “lamp.lake.plum.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Plum-18 (b) SeedPondPlum74
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.River13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🗝️ 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
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastvine33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “plum_leaf_kite_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Cloud#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. shorter than 12
  3. weak
  4. 2
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 14
  7. Sand-Pearl-Chai86
  8. 18
  9. 3
  10. DustShellWolf32
  11. has a name or year
  12. seed!corn!boat!64
  13. 18
  14. has a name or year
  15. strong
  16. strong
  17. 3
  18. 7
  19. 2
  20. strong
  21. Hill#Kite#Wheel89
  22. weak
  23. 4
  24. weak
  25. lotus_neem_tent_35
  26. 17
  27. 4
  28. others can guess it
  29. 4
  30. emojis
  31. 4
  32. Rain-Sand-Moon53
  33. strong
  34. SeedPondPlum74
  35. weak
  36. in your head
  37. 2
  38. 17
  39. weak
  40. 2

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