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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 849 · 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 your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell#Tent#Hill17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Vine-Lamp85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell#Fern#Cloud64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Frog45 (b) drum-cloud-mango-12
  8. 8.🔐 “Lake!Lotus!2009” 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
  9. 9.🔐 “lotusrainkitedrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  10. 10.🔐 “Vine.Mango.2017” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “Wolf.10” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellrainbrick20 (b) ShellTentMoon46
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.dust.river.32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Pond!54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Vine!Boat32 (b) Vihaan2010
  21. 21.🔐 “Corn_76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  22. 22.🔐 “Kabir.Sand.36” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Is “SandMoonVine86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 “chaicloudlamp51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  25. 25.🔐 “nestleafcorn31” 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
  26. 26.🔐 “Ishaan.Sand.29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Brick!Wolf31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “chaidrumlotus23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Boat!13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “password74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “river-shell-seed-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “drumboattentship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Pearl.Kite.2012” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hill#frog#river#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Lotus@Tiger68 (b) kitepearlcloudplum
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “admin35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Pond!Tent89 (b) Rohan2013
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud!wolf!lamp!41 (b) Iloveyou#Neem76

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 12
  5. 16
  6. 4
  7. drum-cloud-mango-12
  8. has a name or year
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. has a name or year
  11. shorter than 12
  12. ShellTentMoon46
  13. 19
  14. 13
  15. weak
  16. 3
  17. emojis
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. Kite!Vine!Boat32
  21. shorter than 12
  22. has a name or year
  23. strong
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. has a name or year
  27. 4
  28. weak
  29. 13
  30. weak
  31. 19
  32. 16
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. 18
  37. River@Lotus@Tiger68
  38. 7
  39. Wolf!Pond!Tent89
  40. cloud!wolf!lamp!41

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