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, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nestmoonbrick39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 5.🔐 Is “SandCloudTiger65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Vihaan!Lotus!53” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Chai@Kite58 (b) Nisha2013
- 8.🔐 “Ananya_Gold_46” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Seed#Shell70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “HillDustNeem32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-Dust-Vine47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Meera@Ship@35” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-moon-pearl-89 (b) Cloud-49
- 14.🔐 “Ishaan!River!35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 “Password_Shell28” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) DustLotusDrum19
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Wheel71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Plum!Ship85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Wolf_2008 (b) Tent.Moon.Gold81
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell-tiger-mango-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “riverplumbell88” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelTigerNeem12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@cloud@bell@45 (b) Diya2008
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Mango!Pearl85 (b) nestmoonsand66
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Fern@2013 (b) Cloud#Tiger#Plum30
- 29.🔐 “plumdrumfern80” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Aarav2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Lamp@Frog@Lotus88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Brick@Dust84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Boat!Ship47 (b) sandferndrum35
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_plum_boat_52 (b) Arjun#Dust#89
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 38.🔐 “Lotus!14” 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
- 39.🔐 “Cloud.67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 12
- 2
- 15
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a name or year
- Boat@Chai@Kite58
- has a name or year
- 4
- 14
- 16
- has a name or year
- frog-moon-pearl-89
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- DustLotusDrum19
- in your head
- 4
- 4
- Tent.Moon.Gold81
- risky
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- vine@cloud@bell@45
- Chai!Mango!Pearl85
- Cloud#Tiger#Plum30
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- Lotus!Boat!Ship47
- kite_plum_boat_52
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 3
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