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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 959 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_River44 (b) PearlCornBoat47
  2. 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  3. 3.🔐 Is “RainMoonBrick38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Pearl.48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Moon13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!neem!boat!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Toast69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  11. 11.🔐 “Password@Ship14” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Sand#Neem#Wheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Hill15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Pond@76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “seedcloudbelltiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestShellCloud29 (b) Vine#35
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Tent-22” 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
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Seed.Cloud53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-ship-fern-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldnestpondhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  27. 27.🔐 Is “tigerlakelamp48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 “toastdrumfern44” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toasttigerseed56 (b) Rain@Leaf@Mango37
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlampfern67 (b) fern!chai!leaf!27
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineshiptent78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.River.Pearl22 (b) Pond-18
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfLampToast18 (b) Cloud!Tiger!2014
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Pearl_Rain59 (b) rainnestwolf35
  35. 35.🔐 Is “neemtoastmangofrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Is “BellSandDrum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#River35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “wheelbellmoon89” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Tiger-2008 (b) river-seed-drum-46
  40. 40.🔐 “rainboatbrick24” 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

Answer key

  1. PearlCornBoat47
  2. risky
  3. strong
  4. weak
  5. 4
  6. weak
  7. 3
  8. in your head
  9. 4
  10. emojis
  11. has a common word
  12. strong
  13. 4
  14. 13
  15. 18
  16. NestShellCloud29
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. shorter than 12
  20. 4
  21. 12
  22. 4
  23. 18
  24. 1
  25. 8
  26. others can guess it
  27. weak
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. Rain@Leaf@Mango37
  30. fern!chai!leaf!27
  31. 2
  32. Lamp.River.Pearl22
  33. WolfLampToast18
  34. Kite_Pearl_Rain59
  35. weak
  36. strong
  37. 14
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. river-seed-drum-46
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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