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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 3.🔐 “Tiger@30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 “Bell-39” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Tiger-Vine-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudleaflampneem (b) FernVineLeaf12
- 7.🔐 “Welcome.Lotus85” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Ship_Lotus_Sand79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusToastChai30 (b) seeddrumneem21
- 10.🔐 “pearlboatwolf79” 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
- 11.🔐 “fernkiteshipriver” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Pearl75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🗝️ 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Pond.Sand19 (b) lotusferndust82
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Wolf_Drum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!lake!wheel!35 (b) Rohan2014
- 20.🔐 Is “TentLeafDust53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatRainGold61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “brickmangogold73” 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
- 23.🔐 “Ishaan_Neem_70” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Vine#82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Brick!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Meera.Ship.25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 28.🔐 “Welcome_Lamp63” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusHillRiver55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Frog@49” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “kitedrumboatleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_vine_wolf_70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “leaflotusboatlake” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “drum-brick-mango-83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “WheelPlumDrum57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Moon#74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 39.🔐 Is “Toast-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “golddrumcorn60” 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
Answer key
- risky
- 12
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- FernVineLeaf12
- has a common word
- strong
- LotusToastChai30
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 3
- in your head
- Gold.Pond.Sand19
- 4
- seed!lake!wheel!35
- strong
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 16
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 7
- strong
- 12
- emojis
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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