Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 28 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔢 How many characters are in “River.18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Cloud@Chai23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
4. 4.🔐 Is “rain_leaf_drum_24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
5. 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.🔐 Is “tiger.river.chai.72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Gold_Tiger86 (b) lakefernlotuslamp
8. 8.🔐 “Ananya#Lotus#12” 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
9. 9.🔐 Is “goldplumtiger48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
10. 10.🔐 “Boat#Corn#2009” 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. 11.🔐 “drumwolfbellhill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
12. 12.🔐 “Ship.30” 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
13. 13.🔐 Is “Kabir2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
15. 15.🔐 Is “sand-lamp-bell-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
16. 16.🔐 “goldboatneem37” 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
17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Moon78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumPondRiver25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Lotus.Brick80 (b) iloveyou85
20. 20.🔐 “Wheel#Cloud#2016” 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
21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestSeedSand25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
23. 23.🔐 Is “Hill-Lamp-Dust27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf@wheel@frog@33 (b) Tara2009
25. 25.🔐 Is “Wheel_Boat_Plum16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.66 (b) LakePlumCloud59
28. 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Vine-Wheel88 (b) Ananya2015
30. 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
31. 31.🔐 Is “Nisha2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
32. 32.🔐 Is “toasthillriverboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
33. 33.🔐 “chaipondriver33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
36. 36.🔐 “shipshellwheellotus” 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
37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonDrumPearl59 (b) Kabir2010
38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Wheel@26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteneemboatnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.88 (b) hill!mango!river!19

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