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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 869 · 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 kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2018 (b) ChaiHillRain75
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Mango_River19 (b) vinefrogbricktent
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudseedlake62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Wheel46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Shell.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “boatriverlampkite” 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
  8. 8.🔐 “wolfwheelsandbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “rainlotusdust30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Hill@26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Diya@Hill@28” 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
  12. 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud!Leaf!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “Toast-Fern-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Moon#River#Tiger14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Cloud#Lamp#Nest10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite#hill#boat#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Rain!16 (b) shell-pearl-gold-10
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Wheel_Moon_Nest26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_neem_ship_59 (b) Brick-57
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.39 (b) seed-gold-chai-47
  22. 22.🔐 “Corn@Dust@2018” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Plum15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Neem_20” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSeedPlum84 (b) Arjun2008
  26. 26.🔐 “Tent-Lamp-2011” 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
  27. 27.🔐 “Kite.Sand.2015” 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
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “BellShipToast26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
  32. 32.🔐 “raindrumhill64” 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
  33. 33.🔐 “shellfrogcorntoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Drum.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 “Wolf#Frog#2012” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “Letmein.Pond45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 37.🔐 Is “welcome66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogseedfernchai (b) Fern.Drum.Pearl31
  39. 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Mango@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. ChaiHillRain75
  3. Neem_Mango_River19
  4. 2
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. 15
  10. 4
  11. has a name or year
  12. others can guess it
  13. 15
  14. has a name or year
  15. strong
  16. strong
  17. 3
  18. shell-pearl-gold-10
  19. strong
  20. chai_neem_ship_59
  21. seed-gold-chai-47
  22. has a name or year
  23. 4
  24. shorter than 12
  25. FernSeedPlum84
  26. has a name or year
  27. has a name or year
  28. 3
  29. 15
  30. weak
  31. 12
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 4
  35. has a name or year
  36. has a common word
  37. weak
  38. Fern.Drum.Pearl31
  39. in your head
  40. 4

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