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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 769 · 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 “Sand#Cloud#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Dust@37” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondtoastlotus41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “SeedLakeSand11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldplumcorntent (b) brick!plum!river!73
  7. 7.🔐 “Meera.Dust.59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Neem37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  11. 11.🔐 “corntoastwheel14” 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
  12. 12.🔐 “Password!Moon24” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust!Lamp!Gold38 (b) Nisha2009
  14. 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Gold#2010 (b) lotus#mango#wolf#85
  16. 16.🔐 “cornfernplumsand” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “plumcloudwheelleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Tiger.Chai.Wheel50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Rain-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Is “PondShellPearl54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Vine.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Corn@59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “cloudmangocorn12” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Fern@Chai25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou31 (b) DrumDustBrick62
  26. 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  27. 27.🔐 “Rohan!Mango!32” 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
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Wolf.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “SandMoonCorn40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 “Arjun_Moon_37” 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
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “goldboatmooncorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “wheelbellbrickfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickneemrainvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “hillbellfernkite” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Neem-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudShellShip26 (b) plumlotuspondfrog
  39. 39.🔐 “lampneemtigerdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_River_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. shorter than 12
  3. 2
  4. strong
  5. 9
  6. brick!plum!river!73
  7. has a name or year
  8. 12
  9. weak
  10. others can guess it
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. has a common word
  13. Dust!Lamp!Gold38
  14. in your head
  15. lotus#mango#wolf#85
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 18
  18. strong
  19. 14
  20. strong
  21. 4
  22. 14
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 4
  25. DrumDustBrick62
  26. emojis
  27. has a name or year
  28. 4
  29. risky
  30. 10
  31. strong
  32. has a name or year
  33. 16
  34. weak
  35. 1
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. weak
  38. CloudShellShip26
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 4

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