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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 799 · 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Leaf86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 “Password@Rain50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldVineBrick11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Diya.Rain.42” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed#kite#dust#32 (b) Drum_Corn_2009
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Tiger.20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Pond25 (b) TigerCloudBoat48
  10. 10.🔐 “Sand!River!2018” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “Ship_33” 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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 “raindrumsandriver” 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
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “DustTentLeaf42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogChaiShip76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-River-Gold13 (b) drumleafgoldfern
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Hill!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondSandRiver52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “ChaiVineLamp84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  26. 26.🔐 Is “WheelRainCloud29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 “Rohan!Mango!19” 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
  28. 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  29. 29.🔐 Is “letmein62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin12 (b) wolf.vine.sand.75
  31. 31.🔐 “Password#Neem10” 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
  32. 32.🔐 “lampvineneemfrog” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “chailakeplum87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldvinecorncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 “Toast-36” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#50 (b) DustLeafTiger89
  37. 37.🔐 Is “moon.brick.chai.51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Aarav.Frog.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Bell-2008 (b) BrickPearlPond12

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. 13
  3. has a common word
  4. 15
  5. 9
  6. has a name or year
  7. seed#kite#dust#32
  8. 13
  9. TigerCloudBoat48
  10. has a name or year
  11. shorter than 12
  12. 9
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 2
  15. 7
  16. 14
  17. 12
  18. 14
  19. emojis
  20. Chai-River-Gold13
  21. weak
  22. 3
  23. strong
  24. 4
  25. others can guess it
  26. strong
  27. has a name or year
  28. 3
  29. weak
  30. wolf.vine.sand.75
  31. has a common word
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. weak
  34. 1
  35. shorter than 12
  36. DustLeafTiger89
  37. strong
  38. 9
  39. weak
  40. BrickPearlPond12

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