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 kinds of characters does “lamptigersand85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Moon#Tent#2016” 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
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel!corn!dust!73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteToastLamp60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_Ship_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 8.🔐 “cornchaifrogbrick” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold#Rain#Sand53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 11.🔐 “Meera#Lotus#64” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “drum_rain_seed_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Wolf.58” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “nest.mango.dust.34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “bell-moon-hill-80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelltentkiteplum (b) Hill-Mango-Lake47
- 19.🔐 Is “Toast-River-Fern55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentCloudVine87 (b) leafgoldfernriver
- 21.🔐 “Drum@70” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickriverchai48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Wolf@13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl_Ship_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “tentsandriverdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustShellGold10 (b) Ishaan2008
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearldrumleaf58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “river#pond#tiger#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!lamp!fern!18 (b) Lamp@Tiger@2018
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumCloudBoat62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2018 (b) Sand#Drum#Seed84
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Leaf.2014 (b) Wolf_Sand_Cloud78
- 35.🔐 Is “Dust-Drum-Fern77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@River15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerBrickSeed14 (b) froggoldlakelamp
- 38.🔐 “Leaf@31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Pearl-Nest40 (b) Iloveyou-Sand65
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) MangoBoatGold72
Answer key
- 2
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 3
- 15
- 14
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- risky
- has a name or year
- strong
- 2
- 8
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- Hill-Mango-Lake47
- strong
- TentCloudVine87
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 10
- 13
- 15
- weak
- 9
- DustShellGold10
- 2
- strong
- pond!lamp!fern!18
- 15
- Sand#Drum#Seed84
- Wolf_Sand_Cloud78
- strong
- 15
- TigerBrickSeed14
- shorter than 12
- Shell-Pearl-Nest40
- MangoBoatGold72
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