Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
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.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 3.🔐 “Rain@63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell.54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “ShipKiteBrick75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “toastplumtentdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Is “Pearl_59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 10.🔐 “brickmoonchai79” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi.Mango.76 (b) Bell-Nest-Tiger79
- 12.🔐 “Letmein#Boat59” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “hillriverbrick27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Welcome.Nest15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Gold!18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “Bell_Hill_Leaf67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2014 (b) BellShellMango42
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Nest-2013 (b) MangoVineLamp29
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellWolfLamp37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfBrickTent24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “seed.rain.neem.17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafWolfBrick12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “leafgoldfern59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudmooncornnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Corn!Mango28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondkitebell53 (b) mango-vine-wheel-37
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudCornNeem14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Letmein_Leaf37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “leaftigerdrumpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “belltoastriver61” 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
- 34.🔐 “leafchaihill70” 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.🔐 “Nisha-Bell-64” 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
- 36.🔐 “Seed-Boat-2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemtigernestdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Leaf#33” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “gold-vine-drum-65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Wolf_Pearl_Shell13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 9
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- weak
- 12
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Bell-Nest-Tiger79
- has a common word
- 16
- weak
- 4
- strong
- BellShellMango42
- 8
- in your head
- MangoVineLamp29
- 3
- 15
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 17
- 17
- mango-vine-wheel-37
- 15
- has a common word
- risky
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 1
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
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