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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 834 · 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  2. 2.🔐 Is “qwerty81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonFernSeed28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!lamp!wheel!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastPearlRiver33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-sand-shell-62 (b) Fern-79
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondgoldkite70 (b) BrickPondMango38
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Is “hillbrickshellleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 “Plum@Moon@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Nest_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “leafcloudwolfneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Pearl@Vine@Cloud53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Is “LampChaiNeem87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Is “welcome77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Is “River!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 “cloudpondlampdust” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornMoonHill68 (b) leafshellplum64
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Boat78 (b) Wolf_Lamp_Lake77
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWheelVine77 (b) Admin@Vine21
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonlotuswheelseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Pearl-Fern14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Rohan!Nest!56” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemRainToast39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “lotus@neem@shell@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Frog-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Shell80 (b) LotusBoatCloud57
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2016 (b) Toast.Rain.Bell87
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Chai#24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Seed#Tent47 (b) lotusriverplum13
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumMangoCloud18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “hillplummoon37” 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
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. weak
  3. 3
  4. 18
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. vine-sand-shell-62
  8. BrickPondMango38
  9. 8
  10. 3
  11. weak
  12. has a name or year
  13. 14
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 8
  16. strong
  17. strong
  18. weak
  19. weak
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. CornMoonHill68
  22. Wolf_Lamp_Lake77
  23. CloudWheelVine77
  24. 1
  25. 7
  26. 4
  27. has a name or year
  28. 15
  29. strong
  30. weak
  31. emojis
  32. LotusBoatCloud57
  33. Toast.Rain.Bell87
  34. weak
  35. 13
  36. Cloud#Seed#Tent47
  37. 3
  38. weak
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. others can guess it

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