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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 857 · 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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastdrumshellriver (b) lake_drum_toast_76
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Rohan@Pearl@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestdustdrumvine (b) PearlBoatFern11
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Boat@74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “pearlneemboattoast” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Sand.Leaf65 (b) Password.Sand30
  8. 8.🔐 “hilllamptoastriver” 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
  9. 9.🔐 “lotustenttiger26” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “hillvineleaf52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Rain@42 (b) Fern_Shell_Hill45
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drummoonshipwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 “Iloveyou-Drum50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Vine#Lotus#Neem29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondSandFrog76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Is “cornseedpearl53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Gold.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “Wolf_81” 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
  19. 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@Bell@Cloud79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Corn-24 (b) Drum_Brick_Wolf42
  22. 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  23. 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  24. 24.🔐 “Kite#Hill#2016” 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
  25. 25.🔐 “Arjun@Cloud@26” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plummangolamp65 (b) kite@mango@hill@35
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “kitetigerrain36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger#pearl#dust#24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Rain69 (b) Dust-Rain-Vine34
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog.shell.vine.22 (b) Aarav!Lamp!62
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Mango47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “MoonTigerMango37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeNestDrum45 (b) Password@Mango45
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernleafboat19 (b) Toast_Drum_Wheel22
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship_cloud_corn_22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Lamp-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerBrickNeem28 (b) Rohan.Hill.44
  39. 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  40. 40.🔐 “Leaf.34” 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

Answer key

  1. emojis
  2. lake_drum_toast_76
  3. weak
  4. PearlBoatFern11
  5. weak
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. River.Sand.Leaf65
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. weak
  11. Fern_Shell_Hill45
  12. 1
  13. has a common word
  14. strong
  15. 3
  16. weak
  17. 4
  18. shorter than 12
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. Drum_Brick_Wolf42
  22. others can guess it
  23. risky
  24. has a name or year
  25. has a name or year
  26. kite@mango@hill@35
  27. 15
  28. 3
  29. 4
  30. Dust-Rain-Vine34
  31. frog.shell.vine.22
  32. 13
  33. strong
  34. LakeNestDrum45
  35. Toast_Drum_Wheel22
  36. 3
  37. weak
  38. TigerBrickNeem28
  39. 12
  40. shorter than 12

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