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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 721 · 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) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  3. 3.🔐 Is “seed@sand@cloud@35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Welcome!Toast20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 “riverneembell80” 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
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.kite.nest.69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Lamp.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “belldrumfrog27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  10. 10.🔐 Is “admin88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Saanvi!Drum!69” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@74 (b) Wolf#Plum#Boat59
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) cloud@wheel@lake@60
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password76 (b) kite_leaf_lake_89
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel!Kite!Vine17 (b) Rohan2009
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Tara-Vine-12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Neem_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Corn.2013 (b) WheelNestLake78
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Sand87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake.cloud.leaf.32 (b) Kite#Lamp#2016
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “brick#tiger#pond#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “admin61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “cloudneemship49” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Pond_Dust_Neem71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Is “BoatLakeWolf49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Vine.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Rain#Lamp#Hill22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 “Aarav#Neem#27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  31. 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “bellseedbrick87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Letmein_Pearl16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Cloud16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “ShipVineSeed16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Letmein_Tent89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Kite#Shell#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Shell@Drum84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 “Boat_36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. others can guess it
  3. strong
  4. in your head
  5. weak
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 18
  8. 4
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. weak
  11. has a name or year
  12. Wolf#Plum#Boat59
  13. cloud@wheel@lake@60
  14. kite_leaf_lake_89
  15. Wheel!Kite!Vine17
  16. weak
  17. 4
  18. WheelNestLake78
  19. weak
  20. lake.cloud.leaf.32
  21. 19
  22. 7
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. strong
  25. strong
  26. 14
  27. 8
  28. weak
  29. strong
  30. has a name or year
  31. emojis
  32. 15
  33. weak
  34. 4
  35. strong
  36. has a common word
  37. weak
  38. 17
  39. shorter than 12
  40. 9

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