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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 972 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin89 (b) VineRainMango45
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Rohan#Lotus#42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Brick.Boat16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Bell-Frog42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  8. 8.🔐 Is “password60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#Lotus#2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “LakeTentShip76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “Plum@88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Neem.14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#83 (b) RiverTentNeem85
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “sandtoastdust19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Sand#31” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.80 (b) plum-seed-pearl-83
  17. 17.🔐 Is “brick@plum@ship@41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Vine!Gold!Corn49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “bellshiptiger66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “Wolf_Boat_2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  22. 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  23. 23.🔐 Is “kitemangopearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “admin53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Nest60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Nest-75 (b) Mango@Wolf@Cloud58
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome28 (b) sand.ship.tent.39
  28. 28.🔐 “corndrumlakefern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Pearl#79 (b) MangoTigerLamp49
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeplumlotuswolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Hill28 (b) LakePlumChai10
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Lotus-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornriverdustmango (b) Drum.Chai.Kite34
  36. 36.🔐 “corncloudtigerpearl” 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
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlcloudfrog54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “tentfernshipmango” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “Vihaan@Plum@48” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemtigerrainplum (b) LakeHillChai42

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. VineRainMango45
  3. weak
  4. 2
  5. 4
  6. 16
  7. emojis
  8. weak
  9. 15
  10. strong
  11. shorter than 12
  12. 12
  13. RiverTentNeem85
  14. 15
  15. shorter than 12
  16. plum-seed-pearl-83
  17. strong
  18. in your head
  19. strong
  20. 15
  21. has a name or year
  22. risky
  23. weak
  24. 7
  25. 4
  26. Mango@Wolf@Cloud58
  27. sand.ship.tent.39
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. MangoTigerLamp49
  30. 17
  31. 12
  32. 8
  33. LakePlumChai10
  34. 4
  35. Drum.Chai.Kite34
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 16
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. has a name or year
  40. LakeHillChai42

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