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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 980 · 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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudTigerBell25 (b) Mango@Rain@2014
  3. 3.🔐 “River.21” 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
  4. 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  5. 5.🔐 “Plum#28” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “lampplumpearl29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn_kite_toast_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “corn-pond-chai-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 “Vihaan!Dust!13” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2018 (b) LotusFrogMango19
  12. 12.🔐 “Letmein.Seed83” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemchaiship33 (b) Seed!Corn!Wheel22
  14. 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  15. 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.pearl.brick.43 (b) iloveyou80
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Tent!Lamp10 (b) Diya2017
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Kite!Cloud!Brick80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “dust-kite-shell-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Admin!Drum72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 “hillfrogpearl30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Frog30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Gold78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “shellwolffrog14” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Cloud!31 (b) moon@shell@corn@66
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Boat!Tiger!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#plum#wheel#60 (b) Diya!Tent!54
  30. 30.🔐 Is “HillWheelLeaf19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Gold_Sand21 (b) Rohan2010
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “HillLampSand61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-Neem-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemCornLeaf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger!lotus!ship!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Neem#Vine41 (b) welcome27
  39. 39.🔐 Is “tigerseedlake88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Is “mango@wolf@neem@19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. CloudTigerBell25
  3. shorter than 12
  4. risky
  5. shorter than 12
  6. 15
  7. 3
  8. emojis
  9. 17
  10. has a name or year
  11. LotusFrogMango19
  12. has a common word
  13. Seed!Corn!Wheel22
  14. 3
  15. in your head
  16. shell.pearl.brick.43
  17. Bell!Tent!Lamp10
  18. 9
  19. strong
  20. strong
  21. others can guess it
  22. weak
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. weak
  25. 15
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. moon@shell@corn@66
  28. weak
  29. lake#plum#wheel#60
  30. strong
  31. Nest_Gold_Sand21
  32. 14
  33. 4
  34. 4
  35. 14
  36. 19
  37. 7
  38. Ship#Neem#Vine41
  39. weak
  40. strong

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