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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 659 · 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) LampSeedNest13 (b) Password-Leaf88
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-lake-pond-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Is “chai@vine@shell@48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “password70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Dust-Pearl12 (b) tigerwheelriver77
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Sand-River-Pond43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Sand.53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  12. 12.🔐 Is “password20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Seed-Mango-Nest30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Toast.Cloud39 (b) Iloveyou-Boat24
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#45 (b) Dust_Wheel_Tent67
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pond#brick#dust#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Welcome.Ship49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Mango-2012 (b) nest#gold#wheel#41
  19. 19.🔐 Is “WheelBrickPond54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonfrogshell13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “HillWolfCloud77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 “Wolf.73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@leaf@vine@23 (b) Shell_Gold_2015
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Pearl31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Pond.72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Kite-40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Kite_75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Welcome#Pond31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  30. 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  31. 31.🔐 “Frog!72” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Rain-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “seedbrickdrum57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Wolf!Lamp63 (b) corngoldboatpond
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Mango-Dust-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.moon.lotus.64 (b) raintentseedmango
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Cloud#Brick#Lake55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed#32 (b) RiverFrogWolf77

Answer key

  1. LampSeedNest13
  2. 12
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 10
  6. 18
  7. strong
  8. 10
  9. Hill-Dust-Pearl12
  10. strong
  11. shorter than 12
  12. weak
  13. strong
  14. Plum.Toast.Cloud39
  15. Dust_Wheel_Tent67
  16. 18
  17. weak
  18. nest#gold#wheel#41
  19. strong
  20. 2
  21. strong
  22. shorter than 12
  23. shell@leaf@vine@23
  24. weak
  25. 4
  26. 4
  27. shorter than 12
  28. weak
  29. emojis
  30. others can guess it
  31. shorter than 12
  32. weak
  33. 15
  34. in your head
  35. Plum!Wolf!Lamp63
  36. weak
  37. wheel.moon.lotus.64
  38. strong
  39. risky
  40. RiverFrogWolf77

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