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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 856 · 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 “Ship.67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Drum.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein72 (b) Moon!Pond!Bell57
  7. 7.🔐 Is “dust.wheel.gold.73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
  9. 9.🔐 “Meera.Hill.17” 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Diya.Hill.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonHillBrick28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Boat!Vine39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumCloudMango35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “River#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Neem_Rain30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 “lotusrainshipseed” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “tiger#lotus#bell#50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 “frogneemseedsand” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Leaf-Hill20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Mango.2009 (b) moon!brick!frog!31
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Fern-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Pearl_2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 “Tara.Lotus.34” 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
  30. 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty41 (b) Wheel!Toast!Chai31
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “pond_gold_seed_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “LampHillBrick45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty21 (b) Lotus.Wheel.Sand16
  35. 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  36. 36.🔐 “Sand#Brick#2014” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “Drum-62” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Wolf_Lotus_Shell85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Tiger-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 “plumwheelwolfdust” 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

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 14
  3. in your head
  4. 10
  5. 7
  6. Moon!Pond!Bell57
  7. strong
  8. emojis
  9. has a name or year
  10. 8
  11. 8
  12. weak
  13. 15
  14. 12
  15. 4
  16. 7
  17. 16
  18. weak
  19. 7
  20. 4
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. strong
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 17
  25. moon!brick!frog!31
  26. 4
  27. others can guess it
  28. 4
  29. has a name or year
  30. risky
  31. Wheel!Toast!Chai31
  32. 17
  33. 15
  34. Lotus.Wheel.Sand16
  35. 3
  36. has a name or year
  37. shorter than 12
  38. strong
  39. 4
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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