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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 762 · 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.🔐 “cloudwolfdrumleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Vine32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “brick.boat.wolf.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  5. 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2017 (b) lake!shell!chai!26
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Ishaan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Is “River@Mango@Toast52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 “Brick!Drum!2015” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “lamplaketiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Bell!Tiger!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “WheelChaiHill10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest!sand!chai!41 (b) lamptoastcloud27
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Tiger#Drum#Neem71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 “cornleafcloudtent” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf#pearl#gold#13 (b) Corn-Pearl-2011
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Shell.Boat46 (b) Lotus!16
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Boat63 (b) LakeMoonShip30
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_fern_rain_47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “gold-shell-nest-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-Nest-Sand38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Tiger29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Wheel19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Bell-Mango-Pearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  27. 27.🔐 Is “nest-corn-hill-74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Is “ShellBoatWheel40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Hill#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Boat-81” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Tiger@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustLampVine80 (b) Vihaan#Bell#75
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) pearl.river.neem.85
  34. 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Lotus_Gold_River25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Chai_Wolf_Leaf58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Sand-55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 “vinetenthillchai” 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
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuslampvinefern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. 4
  3. 18
  4. 12
  5. others can guess it
  6. lake!shell!chai!26
  7. weak
  8. strong
  9. has a name or year
  10. 15
  11. weak
  12. 4
  13. strong
  14. nest!sand!chai!41
  15. strong
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. wolf#pearl#gold#13
  18. Moon.Shell.Boat46
  19. LakeMoonShip30
  20. 18
  21. strong
  22. 16
  23. 16
  24. 15
  25. strong
  26. emojis
  27. strong
  28. strong
  29. 4
  30. shorter than 12
  31. 15
  32. DustLampVine80
  33. pearl.river.neem.85
  34. risky
  35. 9
  36. strong
  37. strong
  38. 4
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 1

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