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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 964 · 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  2. 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  3. 3.🔐 “goldchairivercloud” 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
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
  6. 6.🔐 “laketoastfern20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “kitemoontoast10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Brick!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@34 (b) nest@tent@neem@46
  11. 11.🔐 “Hill_Brick_2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick-lake-frog-70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “shell.kite.seed.49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandvinebrick26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentNestLake58 (b) qwerty20
  16. 16.🔐 “moongoldfernlake” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#69 (b) BrickPlumGold15
  18. 18.🔐 “Qwerty-Boat38” 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
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Lotus-Boat13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “DustFrogNest86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-wheel-neem-40 (b) seedlotuscornvine
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moongoldhillship (b) lake!pearl!leaf!30
  23. 23.🔐 “Letmein-Rain18” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat#lamp#cloud#44 (b) Rain_Drum_2016
  25. 25.🔐 “Kabir@Pond@14” 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
  26. 26.🔐 “Nisha-Ship-71” 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
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “plumlotusferndust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaibelltoast29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “fernlampseed18” 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
  32. 32.🔐 “Pearl.82” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “qwerty58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafBoatLotus35 (b) Wheel.Fern.2014
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 “Wolf.51” 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
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “corn.lamp.shell.33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Rain-2010 (b) bell#neem#hill#84
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) RainCornMango72

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. 3
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 8
  5. emojis
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. risky
  8. 15
  9. weak
  10. nest@tent@neem@46
  11. has a name or year
  12. 3
  13. 18
  14. 2
  15. TentNestLake58
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. BrickPlumGold15
  18. has a common word
  19. 4
  20. strong
  21. rain-wheel-neem-40
  22. lake!pearl!leaf!30
  23. has a common word
  24. boat#lamp#cloud#44
  25. has a name or year
  26. has a name or year
  27. 4
  28. 17
  29. 2
  30. 10
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. shorter than 12
  33. weak
  34. LeafBoatLotus35
  35. 7
  36. 7
  37. shorter than 12
  38. 18
  39. bell#neem#hill#84
  40. RainCornMango72

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