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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 662 · 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, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  3. 3.🔐 “Shell_17” 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
  4. 4.🔐 “nesttentmoontoast” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Drum.51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipDustSeed79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “Lamp_Shell_2017” 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
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverShipShell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Shell-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Drum-2014 (b) FernMangoKite59
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun@Pearl@20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl!ship!mango!54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “boatkitefern20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.Moon.Kite28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Mango#Lake50 (b) Aarav-Cloud-24
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan-Nest-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverFernKite75 (b) chaibellmango49
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Seed77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome54 (b) Corn_Toast_Sand82
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainMoonKite64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Shell20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya_Sand_45 (b) Vine-Brick-Chai88
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Mango@2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#kite#leaf#59 (b) Nisha2010
  26. 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainshellplum51 (b) LampChaiSeed35
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Kite30 (b) neem#kite#vine#34
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Drum_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “lake.lotus.bell.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “PondLakeShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “PearlChaiLeaf76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestCloudToast53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Lamp_52” 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
  38. 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Wolf@Toast68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteNeemTiger57 (b) Arjun.Neem.63

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. in your head
  3. shorter than 12
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. has a name or year
  8. 16
  9. 4
  10. weak
  11. FernMangoKite59
  12. 14
  13. 3
  14. weak
  15. 16
  16. Wolf#Mango#Lake50
  17. 4
  18. RiverFernKite75
  19. 4
  20. Corn_Toast_Sand82
  21. 3
  22. 4
  23. Vine-Brick-Chai88
  24. 4
  25. lamp#kite#leaf#59
  26. emojis
  27. 4
  28. 9
  29. others can guess it
  30. LampChaiSeed35
  31. neem#kite#vine#34
  32. 14
  33. strong
  34. strong
  35. strong
  36. 3
  37. shorter than 12
  38. risky
  39. 4
  40. KiteNeemTiger57

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