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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 991 · 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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipriverwheel78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “brick.sand.tent.84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.River.Gold88 (b) Letmein-Shell21
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Rain.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 “Kite#Wolf#2012” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “seedbellriver23” 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
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Chai36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonKiteBrick14 (b) dustvinepearl74
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “River_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampdrummoon47 (b) vine#tent#cloud#36
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Letmein@Drum30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Rain.Moon29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Chai76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell.sand.lamp.82 (b) Vihaan2015
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Cloud@40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Tiger.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Meera2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoriverhill84 (b) BellPlumCloud24
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Sand_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “neemmoonboat11” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Dust!45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.59 (b) moon-nest-brick-57
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.57 (b) Nest_Tent_Chai20
  31. 31.🔐 “Ishaan.Wolf.23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 32.🔐 “frogseedpearlsand” 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
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldtoastcloud57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “neemmoonleafplum” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Bell#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_vine_mango_19 (b) Nest@79
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!Tiger!Frog25 (b) Frog@49
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship#22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeLotusMoon66 (b) Tent!Drum!2012

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. in your head
  3. 2
  4. others can guess it
  5. 2
  6. 18
  7. Lamp.River.Gold88
  8. weak
  9. has a name or year
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. 4
  12. MoonKiteBrick14
  13. 8
  14. weak
  15. vine#tent#cloud#36
  16. weak
  17. emojis
  18. 16
  19. 14
  20. bell.sand.lamp.82
  21. 14
  22. weak
  23. 12
  24. weak
  25. BellPlumCloud24
  26. 14
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 13
  29. moon-nest-brick-57
  30. Nest_Tent_Chai20
  31. has a name or year
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. 2
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 8
  36. 4
  37. toast_vine_mango_19
  38. Drum!Tiger!Frog25
  39. 7
  40. LakeLotusMoon66

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