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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 741 · 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.🔐 “lampwolfchaikite” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “Diya-Moon-50” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Seed#2013 (b) nest@toast@cloud@23
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “rainkitehilllamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Tiger@43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  7. 7.🔐 “Shell!Toast!2014” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumSandMango64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Gold#Toast#Lake71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine_Lotus_Lamp49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Qwerty-Fern86” 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
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon.boat.fern.25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum_corn_lotus_78 (b) password28
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  17. 17.🔐 “lampriverfern11” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Shell.Toast14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastkitedustrain (b) ship-nest-corn-17
  20. 20.🔐 Is “qwerty42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “CloudNestPond29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickCloudKite13 (b) Leaf@68
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-rain-mango-18 (b) welcome46
  25. 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudmangotentgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  28. 28.🔐 “Iloveyou-River49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Lake89 (b) PlumMangoRain13
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Rain68 (b) plum.pearl.toast.76
  31. 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed.Cloud.Ship58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedmangosand68 (b) Pond@Dust@Bell35
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Tent_Kite75 (b) Tiger-Drum-2011
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Password@Kite38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Seed-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellRiverLotus32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Shell.Frog.Moon23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Plum.41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldsandnestkite (b) Boat_Lotus_Wolf15

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. has a name or year
  3. nest@toast@cloud@23
  4. 16
  5. weak
  6. in your head
  7. has a name or year
  8. 3
  9. strong
  10. 17
  11. has a common word
  12. 3
  13. 12
  14. 8
  15. plum_corn_lotus_78
  16. others can guess it
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 4
  19. ship-nest-corn-17
  20. weak
  21. 7
  22. strong
  23. BrickCloudKite13
  24. vine-rain-mango-18
  25. 3
  26. 18
  27. emojis
  28. has a common word
  29. PlumMangoRain13
  30. plum.pearl.toast.76
  31. risky
  32. 17
  33. Pond@Dust@Bell35
  34. Lamp_Tent_Kite75
  35. weak
  36. 14
  37. 17
  38. strong
  39. 13
  40. Boat_Lotus_Wolf15

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