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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 771 · 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.🔐 “Admin-Brick31” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “Seed!45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  3. 3.🔐 “laketigercorn87” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Wheel36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-pond-cloud-74 (b) Admin_Cloud22
  6. 6.🗝️ 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
  7. 7.🔐 “Ananya.Vine.27” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!52 (b) pearl.ship.moon.19
  9. 9.🔐 “Tent.58” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “cloudvinedustpearl” 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “lakedustnestfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “Qwerty#Seed16” 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
  13. 13.🔐 “Hill.Tiger.2013” 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
  14. 14.🔐 “Rain!Lotus!2010” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornLeafRiver48 (b) Rohan2015
  16. 16.🔐 “Password!Sand51” 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
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  18. 18.🔐 Is “cloudmangoshiplotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Is “sandrainfernpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Is “RiverPondSand51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha!Rain!64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Drum77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl@Wheel@Tent62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “ship-sand-pearl-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Password_Rain12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_Tiger_44 (b) Brick-Lamp-Seed15
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumLotusShell57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Lamp#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Kite-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “neem-nest-lotus-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumlotuswolfpearl (b) dust-sand-chai-79
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumWolfShip33 (b) Aarav#Ship#58
  33. 33.🔐 “Aarav.Seed.14” 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
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Kite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Sand@Wolf@Gold13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Fern.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Shell33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  39. 39.🔐 Is “wolf-fern-rain-53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required

Answer key

  1. has a common word
  2. shorter than 12
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. weak
  5. leaf-pond-cloud-74
  6. in your head
  7. has a name or year
  8. pearl.ship.moon.19
  9. shorter than 12
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. 16
  12. has a common word
  13. has a name or year
  14. has a name or year
  15. CornLeafRiver48
  16. has a common word
  17. others can guess it
  18. weak
  19. weak
  20. strong
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 4
  24. strong
  25. weak
  26. Brick-Lamp-Seed15
  27. 16
  28. 4
  29. 14
  30. strong
  31. dust-sand-chai-79
  32. DrumWolfShip33
  33. has a name or year
  34. 15
  35. strong
  36. 4
  37. 16
  38. emojis
  39. strong
  40. risky

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