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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “moonseedshell19” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbellseedlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango!Shell!Toast18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Shell#Tiger26 (b) Kabir2013
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.18 (b) Kite!Shell!Cloud36
- 10.🔐 “cloudseedpearlship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔐 “Brick#30” 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
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#40 (b) Lotus.Lamp.Bell82
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2014 (b) Nest!Lamp!Wolf42
- 15.🔐 “Fern@89” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastFrogGold80 (b) leafwolflotushill
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Kite78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin13 (b) Seed.Frog.Tent16
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.bell.lake.76 (b) mangoferntenttiger
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#Shell#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#Leaf#Neem25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome86 (b) boat#shell#fern#65
- 24.🔐 Is “Mango#Tent#Tiger88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lampseedcloud17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinetoastlampcorn (b) Drum.Tiger.Rain85
- 27.🔐 Is “welcome78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “corn.drum.kite.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Kite@Moon25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Moon!Chai!Drum18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “Moon_Neem_Lotus78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Cloud.Fern85 (b) Nisha2010
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Nest-81 (b) river!kite!sand!36
- 34.🔐 “vineneemnestboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Lotus35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainRiverWheel43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Letmein!Dust13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 38.🔐 Is “Admin#River48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeRainFern78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “River-Sand-Kite29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 3
- risky
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 19
- emojis
- Hill#Shell#Tiger26
- Kite!Shell!Cloud36
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 12
- Lotus.Lamp.Bell82
- Nest!Lamp!Wolf42
- shorter than 12
- ToastFrogGold80
- 15
- Seed.Frog.Tent16
- sand.bell.lake.76
- others can guess it
- 15
- 17
- boat#shell#fern#65
- strong
- 15
- Drum.Tiger.Rain85
- weak
- strong
- 4
- strong
- strong
- Seed.Cloud.Fern85
- river!kite!sand!36
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- has a common word
- weak
- 3
- strong
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