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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 868 · 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 “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 “Plum_Ship_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3.🔐 Is “chai!lamp!mango!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “qwerty74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondneemgold28 (b) ShipLakeLotus21
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Lamp.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🗝️ 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Brick!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Shell66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Nisha2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🎂 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
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_moon_wheel_45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogshellboat30 (b) Seed!Rain!Brick85
  16. 16.🔐 “Shell!10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.River.Plum48 (b) mangolakechai27
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
  21. 21.🔐 “Welcome@Wheel74” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Wolf-Lotus-Drum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Is “corn!fern!lotus!86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatPearlLake49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 “shipcloudleaflotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Toast25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellLakeShell63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!River!2008 (b) Wheel!Lotus!Tent82
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbelldrum44 (b) boat-lake-plum-88
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoDrumMoon12 (b) Rohan#Corn#46
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitechailampplum (b) CornSandLotus59
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Plum@Frog@Gold57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumWheelChai24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Tiger31 (b) Neem.Drum.Tiger70
  37. 37.🔐 “Chai@46” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.54 (b) WolfLampCorn41
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein45 (b) Lamp.Pond.Bell82
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Bell#87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. has a name or year
  3. strong
  4. weak
  5. 3
  6. 9
  7. ShipLakeLotus21
  8. 12
  9. in your head
  10. 15
  11. 16
  12. weak
  13. others can guess it
  14. 3
  15. Seed!Rain!Brick85
  16. shorter than 12
  17. risky
  18. Fern.River.Plum48
  19. 9
  20. 12
  21. has a common word
  22. strong
  23. strong
  24. 9
  25. 3
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. weak
  28. 3
  29. Wheel!Lotus!Tent82
  30. boat-lake-plum-88
  31. MangoDrumMoon12
  32. CornSandLotus59
  33. 9
  34. strong
  35. 3
  36. Neem.Drum.Tiger70
  37. shorter than 12
  38. WolfLampCorn41
  39. Lamp.Pond.Bell82
  40. weak

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