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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 689 · 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) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “password27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@Cloud@Pond82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “nestcorntent53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 “Admin-Nest25” 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
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog!Gold!Pearl79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Leaf-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “lakebrickdust32” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “Vine.River.2010” 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf!70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “Sand#Chai#2014” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Is “neemsandlakepearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldMoonPond24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillfernleaf43 (b) gold-nest-wheel-32
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Lamp-2011 (b) Pearl!Lake!Kite17
  18. 18.🔐 “Toast_River_2015” 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
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Rain.2008 (b) Neem-Seed-Shell12
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Neem.Plum85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🎂 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
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitebelllamp76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Admin!Cloud59” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Is “wheeltigergoldcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuspondneem19 (b) Bell@Lotus@Tent11
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Neem@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “kiterivershellneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Nest_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-Chai-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “Arjun_Tent_68” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell_Rain_Pond86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
  36. 36.🔐 “boatlotustigerlake” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “Dust!84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Lotus-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 10
  3. 4
  4. weak
  5. has a common word
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 10
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. has a name or year
  11. 7
  12. has a name or year
  13. weak
  14. 3
  15. emojis
  16. gold-nest-wheel-32
  17. Pearl!Lake!Kite17
  18. has a name or year
  19. Neem-Seed-Shell12
  20. 4
  21. others can guess it
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. has a common word
  25. weak
  26. 8
  27. 7
  28. Bell@Lotus@Tent11
  29. 14
  30. weak
  31. weak
  32. 4
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 12
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. shorter than 12
  38. 15
  39. in your head
  40. 10

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