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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 874 · 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.🔐 “drumlotuspearl29” 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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Gold88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  4. 4.🔐 “hilltoastplumleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Wheel_River29 (b) Qwerty.Tiger74
  6. 6.🔐 Is “frog.wolf.pond.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 “Boat!Chai!2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Letmein-Drum41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 Is “kite-lake-lotus-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Is “chaicornmoon67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “mangowolfcorn45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  12. 12.🔐 Is “LotusChaiWolf62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerlotusbell22 (b) Frog-Tent-Fern45
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogferngold56 (b) chai@frog@wolf@37
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_nest_boat_88 (b) lotuscloudfernboat
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastlakefrogmoon (b) Bell.Sand.Drum84
  17. 17.🔐 “Pearl#32” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_Rain_Kite26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine-Bell-Neem29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampLakeFern43 (b) Rohan_River_57
  23. 23.🔐 Is “nestcorntent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudBrickMango89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustSandHill18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “RiverRainLeaf18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Is “LampTigerNeem16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandwolfseed22 (b) fern.gold.brick.49
  30. 30.🔐 Is “ship_seed_nest_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2016 (b) LotusTigerShip23
  32. 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  33. 33.🔐 Is “password48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “sandnestdrumkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 “Letmein.Vine43” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “dustnesthill19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 “Lake.21” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill!dust!chai!39 (b) Kabir-Chai-31
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickToastHill11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!sand!fern!11 (b) Ishaan#Tiger#21

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. Corn_Wheel_River29
  6. strong
  7. has a name or year
  8. weak
  9. strong
  10. weak
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. strong
  13. Frog-Tent-Fern45
  14. chai@frog@wolf@37
  15. chai_nest_boat_88
  16. Bell.Sand.Drum84
  17. shorter than 12
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. emojis
  21. 4
  22. LampLakeFern43
  23. weak
  24. others can guess it
  25. 17
  26. 3
  27. strong
  28. strong
  29. fern.gold.brick.49
  30. strong
  31. LotusTigerShip23
  32. risky
  33. weak
  34. 16
  35. has a common word
  36. weak
  37. shorter than 12
  38. hill!dust!chai!39
  39. 16
  40. lotus!sand!fern!11

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