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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 833 · 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.🔐 Is “Lotus_Mango_Fern27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Boat.Shell86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Kite_Drum_Neem27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Gold!Lotus!Shell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Sand-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Moon#70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “tigershellriverlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “goldsandship31” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Rohan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglotusdrum39 (b) Wolf-Brick-Lake77
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Vine.Lake.Cloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 “Diya@Shell@13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!60 (b) NestCloudPearl39
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 “Corn_Tent_2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  19. 19.🔐 “Letmein.Shell82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Lake-Pond65 (b) leafcloudshelltiger
  23. 23.🔐 Is “mango_sand_dust_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “Welcome_Moon23” 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
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lake@corn@bell@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn!leaf!tiger!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “welcome83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Tiger@50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Tiger56 (b) ShipBrickMango38
  31. 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Mango@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Ishaan.Kite.20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 34.🔐 Is “pond.plum.tent.56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!27 (b) DustShellRiver66
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.sand.lotus.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Fern69 (b) Drum-Lamp-Corn64
  38. 38.🔐 Is “LotusBellSand26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  40. 40.🔐 Is “TentVineTiger77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. 18
  3. strong
  4. 3
  5. strong
  6. 3
  7. 14
  8. 3
  9. 14
  10. 20
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. weak
  13. Wolf-Brick-Lake77
  14. strong
  15. has a name or year
  16. NestCloudPearl39
  17. 9
  18. has a name or year
  19. has a common word
  20. 8
  21. others can guess it
  22. Brick-Lake-Pond65
  23. strong
  24. has a common word
  25. 17
  26. 3
  27. weak
  28. weak
  29. in your head
  30. ShipBrickMango38
  31. risky
  32. 16
  33. has a name or year
  34. strong
  35. DustShellRiver66
  36. 18
  37. Drum-Lamp-Corn64
  38. strong
  39. emojis
  40. strong

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