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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 841 · 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) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) PondKiteWheel17
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Dust@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlakepondchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern!seed!pearl!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “WheelLampLotus58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.seed.rain.20 (b) Tara2010
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold!nest!lotus!46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#59 (b) Vine!Nest!Kite50
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellcornpearl34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Nest_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 “hillfrogplumcorn” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Kite.Boat.Pearl38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand#ship#neem#61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Lotus-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@31 (b) shell-sand-hill-28
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-bell-seed-13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelChaiVine20 (b) password31
  22. 22.🔐 “sandtigershipcloud” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondWheelWolf75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipPlumBrick46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#27 (b) Tiger_Neem_Mango75
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “PondPearlDrum77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#44 (b) Tiger-Cloud-Vine88
  29. 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  30. 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Boat-2015 (b) Rain@Ship@Neem87
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastNeemLamp84 (b) pearlneemshipfern
  33. 33.🔐 “Kabir!Frog!73” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@River62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!boat!rain!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shippearlneem78 (b) Cloud-Plum-Corn28
  38. 38.🔐 “wheelsandponddrum” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “HillMangoDrum74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-wheel-hill-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. PondKiteWheel17
  3. 4
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. strong
  7. in your head
  8. moon.seed.rain.20
  9. 3
  10. Vine!Nest!Kite50
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. strong
  15. 3
  16. 4
  17. shell-sand-hill-28
  18. 3
  19. 10
  20. risky
  21. WheelChaiVine20
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 3
  24. 15
  25. Tiger_Neem_Mango75
  26. 4
  27. strong
  28. Tiger-Cloud-Vine88
  29. 12
  30. 3
  31. Rain@Ship@Neem87
  32. ToastNeemLamp84
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 7
  36. 3
  37. Cloud-Plum-Corn28
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 15
  40. 3

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