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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 999 · 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) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  2. 2.🔐 “River_23” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chairainbrick49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “rain_toast_neem_82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Boat14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “Nisha@River@80” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Hill.Seed13 (b) shipneemchaiplum
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Toast-Corn70 (b) dustshellplum19
  10. 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Rohan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusdustsandlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogfernneemplum (b) CloudNestDrum87
  14. 14.🔐 “Drum#88” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Brick_Cloud_Leaf40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Hill@60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Wheel.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) Lotus-Boat-Neem34
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondDustBrick32 (b) lotusfrogvine89
  20. 20.🔐 “Diya!Boat!89” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Vine_Tiger_Pearl37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “lotuskiterainbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “Iloveyou_Mango34” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Drum!Tent15 (b) rainseedneemriver
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern@Boat@Vine24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@Bell@2012 (b) Corn.Plum.Wheel53
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 “toastriverfern38” 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
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Pearl#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “cornfernwolf55” 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem#Chai#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “Iloveyou!Shell68” 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
  34. 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  35. 35.🔐 “Sand#22” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Tiger-Wolf79 (b) mangolampriver13
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotoastneem14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#River#2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellChaiMoon17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 “Admin.Fern68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. shorter than 12
  3. 2
  4. strong
  5. 13
  6. 9
  7. has a name or year
  8. Bell.Hill.Seed13
  9. Cloud-Toast-Corn70
  10. others can guess it
  11. weak
  12. 17
  13. CloudNestDrum87
  14. shorter than 12
  15. strong
  16. 4
  17. weak
  18. Lotus-Boat-Neem34
  19. PondDustBrick32
  20. has a name or year
  21. strong
  22. 4
  23. weak
  24. has a common word
  25. Mango!Drum!Tent15
  26. 4
  27. Corn.Plum.Wheel53
  28. weak
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. 4
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 4
  33. has a common word
  34. risky
  35. shorter than 12
  36. Kite-Tiger-Wolf79
  37. 2
  38. 15
  39. 3
  40. has a common word

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