Quiz – Strong Password Defenses

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

What primarily determines password strength in this capsule?

Password length driving entropy

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Changing the password every day

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Using only special characters

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Sharing the password with a colleague

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

What minimum password length does NIST SP 800-63B recommend here?

Sixteen characters

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Four characters

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Six characters

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Twenty-four characters

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

Why do passphrases offer superior entropy?

They gain strength from length rather than special characters

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They always reuse the same word

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They avoid uppercase letters

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They are shorter and easier to type

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

Which attack technique benefits from GPU acceleration against passwords?

Brute-force cracking

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Physical laptop theft

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Social media scanning

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Email display-name spoofing

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each password concept to its description.

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Measure of password unpredictability
Tries common words and phrases
Precomputed hash lookup
Long sequence of words for length

Entropy

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Dictionary attack

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Rainbow table

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Passphrase

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

Match each password practice to its security benefit.

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Limits impact of a single breach
Increases cracking effort
Reduces risky workarounds

Unique password per account

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Minimum sixteen characters

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Balancing security and usability

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