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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 828 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  2. 2.🔐 “Diya_Hill_52” 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
  3. 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellBrickShell63 (b) Mango#25
  5. 5.🔐 Is “mango#corn#moon#14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-lamp-wolf-12 (b) qwerty41
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond!ship!cloud!62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellChaiPlum43 (b) Vihaan2008
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Wolf@73” 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
  12. 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  13. 13.🔐 “vinelakeneem41” 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
  14. 14.🔐 “moonseednest59” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentbrickbellleaf (b) SandHillPond79
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Frog.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “leaflakekite44” 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
  18. 18.🔐 “wheelbellcloudriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 19.🔐 “wolfcornkiteseed” 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
  20. 20.🔐 “froglamprivercloud” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Corn#River#Pearl73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Lotus@2018 (b) DrumShellFern53
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Toast.Lamp26 (b) Mango.73
  24. 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “boatriverseed38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “cloudbellship67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Pond!70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlotusneempond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-Neem-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Rain-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pondrainriver27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Password.Wheel52” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “wolftoasttent23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@Frog@Vine47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Wheel10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.lotus.tent.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “admin72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellWheelSand47 (b) Leaf_Gold_2009
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “pearltenthillcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Neem61 (b) Moon-Dust-Hill75

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. has a name or year
  3. risky
  4. BellBrickShell63
  5. strong
  6. river-lamp-wolf-12
  7. 3
  8. ShellChaiPlum43
  9. 3
  10. 9
  11. shorter than 12
  12. emojis
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. SandHillPond79
  16. 14
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. strong
  22. DrumShellFern53
  23. Sand.Toast.Lamp26
  24. 12
  25. 15
  26. weak
  27. 13
  28. 17
  29. 14
  30. 4
  31. 15
  32. has a common word
  33. weak
  34. 4
  35. 16
  36. 3
  37. 7
  38. BellWheelSand47
  39. 17
  40. Moon-Dust-Hill75

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