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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 778 · 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 “Toast-Neem-Gold45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#46 (b) fern#wheel#tent#53
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Wolf#Nest#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “Drum@17” 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
  7. 7.🔐 “frogferncloudleaf” 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.🔐 “Tent@31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!34 (b) vine.toast.kite.36
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Corn-33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtentraintoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlshellwolf20 (b) tiger!kite!drum!23
  16. 16.🔐 Is “password84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Is “plum_lake_chai_22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Bell_River70 (b) Ananya2010
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Frog-Brick56 (b) neemchaiwheelmoon
  20. 20.🔐 “neemleafpearl58” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Moon_Wheel_Pearl81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Ship-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Pearl-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Vine72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Leaf-38 (b) VineTigerBrick88
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Chai_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitemoondrumwolf (b) Rain-Shell-Seed41
  29. 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “Letmein!Leaf44” 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
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Leaf.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Moon85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Sand!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “moonshelldustnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Mango65 (b) BrickMangoTent22
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Nest@Gold75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Gold!Sand!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. emojis
  3. 2
  4. fern#wheel#tent#53
  5. weak
  6. shorter than 12
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. shorter than 12
  9. vine.toast.kite.36
  10. 3
  11. 13
  12. 12
  13. 1
  14. in your head
  15. tiger!kite!drum!23
  16. weak
  17. strong
  18. Kite_Bell_River70
  19. Tiger-Frog-Brick56
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. strong
  22. weak
  23. weak
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. VineTigerBrick88
  27. weak
  28. Rain-Shell-Seed41
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. has a common word
  32. 14
  33. 15
  34. 14
  35. weak
  36. BrickMangoTent22
  37. 16
  38. weak
  39. others can guess it
  40. 4

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