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) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Pond!30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Bell#Ship#Tent21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Saanvi2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “shell#toast#nest#48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Leaf.Vine41 (b) Welcome@Rain22
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_Gold_2017 (b) nest_sand_moon_14
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Shell!Ship39 (b) Mango!Fern!2015
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickdrumshellcloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Saanvi!Gold!78” 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 “Password.Drum54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Meera2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#89 (b) BellKiteFrog64
- 16.🔐 Is “Frog-Wheel-Rain66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverMangoWheel44 (b) letmein47
- 18.🔐 Is “Nisha#Wheel#11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandLampShip59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Welcome!Mango75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillpondriverbrick (b) CornDrumFern72
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Rain@Neem12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Drum65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_64 (b) plum-nest-corn-16
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Lotus!2017 (b) Ship#Tiger#Nest68
- 26.🔐 Is “moon-ship-pearl-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “drum@lamp@brick@23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “bricklampseedfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 30.🔐 “riverpondcloud65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest!Drum!Corn46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Tent.89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 “nestshelltoastboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerdrumclouddust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “cornsandfrogchai” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#tiger#leaf#58 (b) boatlotusrain37
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 39.🔐 Is “password58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 12
- 14
- strong
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- Gold.Leaf.Vine41
- nest_sand_moon_14
- risky
- Wolf!Shell!Ship39
- 1
- has a name or year
- 15
- weak
- BellKiteFrog64
- strong
- RiverMangoWheel44
- weak
- 3
- weak
- CornDrumFern72
- 17
- 14
- plum-nest-corn-16
- Ship#Tiger#Nest68
- strong
- 2
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- pearl#tiger#leaf#58
- 3
- weak
- 2
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