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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 85 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!Toast!Kite61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Qwerty#Tiger85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  3. 3.🔐 “Iloveyou!Neem27” 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
  4. 4.🔐 “sandwheelriverlotus” 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
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “bricktoastlampsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Password_Shell58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “kitefroghill34” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “fern.frog.sand.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Pond-Drum-Nest32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 “Fern.35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Tiger-Chai77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “froglamptoasttiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Is “River_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 “Bell-Chai-2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Brick#Drum32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
  19. 19.🔐 Is “letmein10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Kite72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.wheel.river.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Boat-Wolf23 (b) Aarav2013
  24. 24.🔐 Is “password43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  26. 26.🔐 “Sand@Seed@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Nest_Gold25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “frogplummangolamp” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “moonnestboat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Is “cornshipriver31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty25 (b) Mango_Gold_Frog29
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Lotus-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Bell47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Chai.Toast.Kite32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “sandshipmoon61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Lotus28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Brick@47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. has a common word
  3. has a common word
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 18
  6. weak
  7. weak
  8. 10
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. strong
  11. strong
  12. shorter than 12
  13. 18
  14. 1
  15. weak
  16. has a name or year
  17. 4
  18. 12
  19. weak
  20. 4
  21. others can guess it
  22. 20
  23. Toast-Boat-Wolf23
  24. weak
  25. 3
  26. has a name or year
  27. 17
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. weak
  30. weak
  31. Mango_Gold_Frog29
  32. 15
  33. in your head
  34. 13
  35. 10
  36. 3
  37. strong
  38. 14
  39. 4
  40. 4

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