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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 680 · 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.🗝️ 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
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Lamp@Wheel25 (b) Kite@53
  3. 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Drum@Wheel32 (b) Fern_51
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-tiger-river-50 (b) Vihaan2012
  6. 6.🔐 “Password@Tiger78” 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
  7. 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Tent39 (b) wheel!lotus!river!24
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@17 (b) nest@shell@dust@61
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “lampfernfrogsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Kabir#Pearl#64” 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
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “password34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Dust23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Ishaan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 “Seed-47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandlotusmangofrog (b) Vine!River!Tiger10
  20. 20.🔐 “Dust_64” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Toast.Shell.Lotus20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Cloud_39 (b) moon@toast@gold@85
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Meera#Wolf#56” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Bell.Drum.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellfrogponddust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “moonkitevine75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_Lamp_62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Drum@34 (b) Lamp!Cloud!Sand51
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Sand-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “kiterainvinelamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Boat.Leaf41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Lamp!Kite!Tent29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf!lotus!rain!39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “qwerty31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chai!rain!seed!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlamprain18 (b) sand@lamp@cloud@38
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. Dust@Lamp@Wheel25
  3. emojis
  4. Corn@Drum@Wheel32
  5. tent-tiger-river-50
  6. has a common word
  7. 3
  8. wheel!lotus!river!24
  9. nest@shell@dust@61
  10. 16
  11. has a name or year
  12. 2
  13. 10
  14. 4
  15. weak
  16. shorter than 12
  17. others can guess it
  18. 8
  19. Vine!River!Tiger10
  20. shorter than 12
  21. strong
  22. 12
  23. moon@toast@gold@85
  24. 9
  25. has a name or year
  26. weak
  27. 1
  28. weak
  29. 4
  30. Lamp!Cloud!Sand51
  31. 4
  32. weak
  33. 2
  34. 16
  35. strong
  36. 3
  37. weak
  38. 17
  39. sand@lamp@cloud@38
  40. 8

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