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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 727 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “pondbellboat24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “shell@wheel@bell@75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@lotus@sand@78 (b) Gold_Drum_2014
  4. 4.🔐 “Kabir_Lotus_62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  5. 5.🔐 Is “shelllotusnestwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Vine_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) Shell#Tent#Wheel66
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSandCloud85 (b) Bell-31
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “corncloudkite31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “TentLeafKite11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 “lampdrumfrogmango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  13. 13.🔐 “Leaf-77” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Is “cornlakewolf68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 “sandbellcorn81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.74 (b) shell@lotus@drum@30
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Dust_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Dust_2008 (b) ToastChaiKite40
  19. 19.🔐 “River@Neem@2009” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Frog-Toast-Kite57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Nest@20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 “Aarav@Cloud@17” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine#39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
  26. 26.🔐 Is “fernneemlotusseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 Is “moonshippearlshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Gold#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “tentlampsand69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelamppondfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 “Dust-53” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Lake69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_hill_rain_30 (b) Aarav_Gold_20
  35. 35.🔐 Is “brick#shell#dust#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 “Tiger-60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-sand-tiger-24 (b) Ishaan-Seed-32
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Wolf36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Hill77 (b) bell#gold#moon#47
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rainboatlotus49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 19
  3. boat@lotus@sand@78
  4. has a name or year
  5. weak
  6. others can guess it
  7. 14
  8. Shell#Tent#Wheel66
  9. FernSandCloud85
  10. 15
  11. strong
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. shorter than 12
  14. weak
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. shell@lotus@drum@30
  17. 14
  18. ToastChaiKite40
  19. has a name or year
  20. strong
  21. emojis
  22. 4
  23. has a name or year
  24. 7
  25. risky
  26. weak
  27. weak
  28. weak
  29. 12
  30. 14
  31. 1
  32. shorter than 12
  33. weak
  34. bell_hill_rain_30
  35. strong
  36. shorter than 12
  37. vine-sand-tiger-24
  38. 4
  39. bell#gold#moon#47
  40. 15

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