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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 729 · 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) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Moon19 (b) rain-river-chai-24
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelwolfseednest (b) cloud!kite!sand!50
  4. 4.🔐 Is “NeemSeedCorn62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 “Diya@Kite@45” 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
  6. 6.🎂 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
  7. 7.🔐 “Meera!Wolf!21” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Is “GoldLotusBell20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 Is “hill_ship_neem_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Is “LotusSandSeed21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Drum!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Tiger_Dust_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlakefern78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Hill.Leaf.2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  16. 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  17. 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  18. 18.🔐 Is “FernMangoLake51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Is “drumdustseed76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 “chaidrumlotus51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  21. 21.🔐 “Password.Leaf63” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastPondFern58 (b) Ananya!Rain!81
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “plumleafnestlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite#lamp#chai#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “fern_vine_hill_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “shelllamppond55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Tent.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-seed-fern-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Frog55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “brickfernleafriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “ToastHillCorn67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Nest#Seed#Toast50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Mango-Brick11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Brick-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 “sandnestfrograin” 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
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldMangoToast28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “plumwheeltigerbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. rain-river-chai-24
  3. cloud!kite!sand!50
  4. strong
  5. has a name or year
  6. others can guess it
  7. has a name or year
  8. strong
  9. strong
  10. 2
  11. strong
  12. 13
  13. weak
  14. 15
  15. has a name or year
  16. 3
  17. in your head
  18. strong
  19. weak
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. has a common word
  22. ToastPondFern58
  23. 17
  24. 3
  25. strong
  26. 15
  27. 2
  28. 14
  29. 18
  30. 14
  31. 3
  32. 18
  33. 7
  34. strong
  35. strong
  36. 4
  37. weak
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 3
  40. 19

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