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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 750 · 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 “lakesanddustpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
  3. 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  4. 4.🔐 “Letmein.Neem21” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Cloud@Chai74 (b) Saanvi.Tent.60
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty20 (b) ChaiKiteBrick56
  8. 8.🔐 Is “ChaiLeafRain52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Dust-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustShellSand17 (b) Boat-Seed-2014
  12. 12.🔐 Is “ToastNestLake22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfSandVine18 (b) password49
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “boatriverwheel81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Iloveyou-Nest61” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pondleaftiger63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “Letmein_Wolf79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Wheel-Tent14 (b) Diya.Tiger.76
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Nisha2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Is “BrickRainNeem51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 Is “iloveyou63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Is “admin80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustkiterivershell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Sand#Chai#2008” 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
  25. 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Cloud_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “kitepondlake78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Diya.Cloud.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_neem_tent_29 (b) hillshipvine20
  30. 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
  31. 31.🔐 “Meera_Fern_28” 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
  32. 32.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Chai.Neem88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “RiverMangoSeed36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Drum-Pond-Kite49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Chai#Pearl#2016” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Toast_Lotus29 (b) Rain!58
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Wheel-50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeGoldVine38 (b) Meera2009
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Bell.Leaf73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 12
  3. others can guess it
  4. has a common word
  5. Mango@Cloud@Chai74
  6. weak
  7. ChaiKiteBrick56
  8. strong
  9. weak
  10. risky
  11. DustShellSand17
  12. strong
  13. WolfSandVine18
  14. 16
  15. has a common word
  16. 15
  17. has a common word
  18. Lotus-Wheel-Tent14
  19. weak
  20. strong
  21. weak
  22. weak
  23. 1
  24. has a name or year
  25. emojis
  26. 13
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. weak
  29. toast_neem_tent_29
  30. 3
  31. has a name or year
  32. in your head
  33. 4
  34. strong
  35. strong
  36. has a name or year
  37. Dust_Toast_Lotus29
  38. 14
  39. LakeGoldVine38
  40. 16

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