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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 800 · 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 “Nisha-Chai-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Welcome@Rain51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Tiger!River11 (b) pondlakenestbell
  5. 5.🔐 “Meera-Drum-24” 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
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “tentgoldbrick55” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel_seed_vine_13 (b) iloveyou89
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Password_Corn62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentleafriver24 (b) plum.lamp.chai.31
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl@sand@wolf@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Rain@Lamp37 (b) Welcome@Wolf25
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Sand.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Is “bell.tent.drum.33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Tent_Cloud66 (b) Rohan2011
  16. 16.🔐 Is “lotusseedcloud70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_lotus_kite_16 (b) Rain.Sand.2009
  19. 19.🔐 Is “neem#toast#hill#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillBellDrum36 (b) River-Leaf-2017
  22. 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
  23. 23.🔐 “Dust!Rain!2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellDrumNest81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Aarav.Fern.63” 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
  26. 26.🔐 “River@Nest@2012” 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
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Seed!Tiger32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Kite!89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudriverpearlseed (b) drum!neem!wheel!18
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Gold@Moon@Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!drum!ship!86 (b) Mango@58
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampHillBoat27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Brick-Lake75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#river#dust#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. weak
  3. in your head
  4. Frog!Tiger!River11
  5. has a name or year
  6. 4
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. wheel_seed_vine_13
  9. weak
  10. plum.lamp.chai.31
  11. 3
  12. Cloud@Rain@Lamp37
  13. weak
  14. strong
  15. Leaf_Tent_Cloud66
  16. weak
  17. others can guess it
  18. pond_lotus_kite_16
  19. strong
  20. 12
  21. HillBellDrum36
  22. 3
  23. has a name or year
  24. 15
  25. has a name or year
  26. has a name or year
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. drum!neem!wheel!18
  32. 4
  33. emojis
  34. strong
  35. fern!drum!ship!86
  36. 3
  37. risky
  38. 17
  39. 3
  40. 7

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