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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 89 · 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 characters are in “Password_Pearl15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Gold@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “kiteshipsandvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon-bell-lotus-64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “hillshipshell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “Lake-42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Corn-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 “Welcome_River62” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “goldleafhill42” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Dust.Seed.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Pond#Tiger#Hill44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerpondseedleaf (b) ship.gold.pearl.41
  15. 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernseedlakefrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  18. 18.🔐 “River_Lamp_2009” 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.🔐 “Ishaan!Corn!62” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2009 (b) gold-pond-tiger-38
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Toast72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “dustfernchai79” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@17 (b) Kite@Dust@Plum22
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “vine.shell.pearl.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Is “sandleafbrickkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Hill.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-dust-plum-58 (b) cloudrainpond38
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Hill-37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell@kite@neem@58 (b) Nisha2017
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.17 (b) Cloud@Corn@Shell43
  32. 32.🔐 “Letmein#Corn70” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Vine-Bell-Moon74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 “hillseedchaifrog” 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
  35. 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Welcome_Leaf17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “shipshellmoonplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “lamprainplumship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Kite@Wolf88 (b) nestdrumshell35
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Seed_2018 (b) RainRiverDust24

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. weak
  5. 3
  6. 15
  7. 4
  8. shorter than 12
  9. 4
  10. has a common word
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. weak
  13. strong
  14. ship.gold.pearl.41
  15. in your head
  16. 1
  17. 12
  18. has a name or year
  19. has a name or year
  20. gold-pond-tiger-38
  21. 4
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. Kite@Dust@Plum22
  24. 19
  25. weak
  26. 14
  27. leaf-dust-plum-58
  28. 8
  29. 4
  30. bell@kite@neem@58
  31. Cloud@Corn@Shell43
  32. has a common word
  33. strong
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. others can guess it
  36. weak
  37. 17
  38. weak
  39. Sand@Kite@Wolf88
  40. RainRiverDust24

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