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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 971 · 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.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Tent#Rain52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
  4. 4.🔐 “dustferncornfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  5. 5.🔐 Is “letmein28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Boat!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Lamp!2010 (b) River@Lake@Wheel75
  8. 8.🔐 Is “lampmangowheel74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerrivermangoshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlcloudtoastcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Wheel@Sand65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#lamp#tiger#72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Tent.Dust.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Leaf_Rain61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-tiger-brick-54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou65 (b) SandHillRain47
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellboatpearl20 (b) Corn#Cloud#Pond79
  20. 20.🔐 “Meera!Dust!22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango!tent!wolf!32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedGoldBrick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_Rain_Mango25 (b) Boat#30
  25. 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “RainChaiVine33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Tiger_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 “lakechaitigershell” 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
  30. 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiLeafNeem47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Lamp_19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “Hill!36” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corndrumtiger28 (b) Wolf-Drum-Chai50
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineferncloud10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “Admin!Ship88” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudpearlleafwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond!Cloud!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 17
  3. 3
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. weak
  6. 13
  7. River@Lake@Wheel75
  8. weak
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 10
  12. 17
  13. 19
  14. weak
  15. weak
  16. 4
  17. 19
  18. SandHillRain47
  19. Corn#Cloud#Pond79
  20. has a name or year
  21. 3
  22. 3
  23. others can guess it
  24. Wheel_Rain_Mango25
  25. in your head
  26. 3
  27. strong
  28. weak
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. risky
  31. 4
  32. 14
  33. 4
  34. shorter than 12
  35. Wolf-Drum-Chai50
  36. 7
  37. 2
  38. has a common word
  39. 19
  40. 4

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