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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 830 · 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) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Pearl#River13 (b) Rain!Drum!2010
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “ShipTigerPond11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl_Seed_Rain47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Chai-72” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Frog!24 (b) Sand_Tiger_Gold58
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Hill-Lake80 (b) welcome54
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellCloudRain44 (b) Meera2008
  10. 10.🔐 “fernboatbell39” 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
  11. 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfSeedLeaf86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedCloudRain49 (b) Cloud!Mango!2016
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  16. 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Hill_31 (b) Dust#Cloud#Plum85
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango-nest-lamp-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonPearlWolf61 (b) bellplumkitedrum
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.Kite.Chai12 (b) Boat_28
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “brickleaflake10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “BrickFernPlum40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem-pond-sand-46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastpondshell65 (b) pond!mango!plum!24
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Nest-24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Drum@Neem14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Is “NeemSeedFrog50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Cloud!41 (b) Mango-Brick-Drum51
  31. 31.🔐 Is “BellPondNeem12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakepondgold82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeplumneemrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “nestleafshipbell” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Brick_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “rivergoldcloudchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_Bell_Lake61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickrivercloudmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. Tent#Pearl#River13
  3. 4
  4. strong
  5. 17
  6. shorter than 12
  7. Sand_Tiger_Gold58
  8. Tiger-Hill-Lake80
  9. BellCloudRain44
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. emojis
  12. 14
  13. 3
  14. SeedCloudRain49
  15. others can guess it
  16. in your head
  17. Dust#Cloud#Plum85
  18. 3
  19. MoonPearlWolf61
  20. Lake.Kite.Chai12
  21. 15
  22. strong
  23. 3
  24. pond!mango!plum!24
  25. 7
  26. weak
  27. 10
  28. 4
  29. strong
  30. Mango-Brick-Drum51
  31. strong
  32. 2
  33. 16
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 15
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 3
  38. 12
  39. 16
  40. 1

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