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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 940 · 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Tent-Corn-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🗝️ 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Kite.Corn17 (b) bellbrickboat25
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-shell-toast-31 (b) wheelvinelotusneem
  7. 7.🔐 “lampmangoplumdrum” 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
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Cloud!78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “BellBoatToast23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Vine!Dust78 (b) Aarav2009
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 “Ananya.Corn.54” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Is “WolfKiteLake15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “vinepondlake88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Ship.2010 (b) NestTentCloud56
  20. 20.🔐 Is “BoatShipTiger23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Cloud12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Pond59 (b) cloud!lamp!ship!46
  23. 23.🔐 “vinegoldmoon36” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Vine-Moon-Sand55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Sand.2011 (b) Fern-Dust-Kite55
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Letmein_Plum20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “Kite_64” 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
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustigertentplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Hill.Lake25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “brickdustfrogboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Drum-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Kite#Fern#2009” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_86 (b) seed#frog#shell#28
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestwheelleaf85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed.sand.tiger.27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “FrogShellShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Kite@10 (b) Rain.Corn.Lamp53
  40. 40.🔐 “Moon_Lotus_2017” 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

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. others can guess it
  3. weak
  4. in your head
  5. Wolf.Kite.Corn17
  6. lotus-shell-toast-31
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 12
  9. emojis
  10. 8
  11. weak
  12. 10
  13. 15
  14. Sand!Vine!Dust78
  15. 3
  16. has a name or year
  17. strong
  18. 14
  19. NestTentCloud56
  20. strong
  21. 4
  22. cloud!lamp!ship!46
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. strong
  25. Fern-Dust-Kite55
  26. weak
  27. shorter than 12
  28. 1
  29. 4
  30. 17
  31. weak
  32. 10
  33. has a name or year
  34. seed#frog#shell#28
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. strong
  39. Rain.Corn.Lamp53
  40. has a name or year

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