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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 96 · 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 “Letmein-Cloud23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Is “iloveyou16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  4. 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!lamp!rain!78 (b) Iloveyou#Wheel88
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Plum75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernWheelBrick59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Fern_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Toast!Lamp64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellCloudFern26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “Qwerty-Wheel23” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbrickleaf78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerbrickshell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Cloud43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “dust#wolf#gold#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!Tiger!Leaf81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pond-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Vine60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerVineMoon66 (b) boatshelllakelamp
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-59 (b) FernVineCloud68
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “admin14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoVineRiver39 (b) Lotus#18
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “moon.lotus.ship.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#Plum#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Ship.87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Pond-46 (b) Drum_Vine_Shell74
  33. 33.🔐 Is “qwerty63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Lamp@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) WolfCornNest10
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “corn@moon@brick@43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Lotus!Moon40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.vine.drum.30 (b) Diya2010
  39. 39.🔐 “Lamp#Gold#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Bell-Boat-Nest41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. weak
  3. 12
  4. emojis
  5. seed!lamp!rain!78
  6. 9
  7. 13
  8. in your head
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. risky
  12. 17
  13. 3
  14. has a common word
  15. 15
  16. 2
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 17
  20. 17
  21. others can guess it
  22. weak
  23. weak
  24. TigerVineMoon66
  25. 10
  26. FernVineCloud68
  27. 7
  28. MangoVineRiver39
  29. 18
  30. 4
  31. 13
  32. Drum_Vine_Shell74
  33. weak
  34. 14
  35. WolfCornNest10
  36. 18
  37. 4
  38. corn.vine.drum.30
  39. has a name or year
  40. strong

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