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 characters are in “shellsandboat52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “shell!pond!bell!85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river-frog-brick-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Pearl-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipchaidust67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumpondlakerain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Gold.Ship.2018” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “BoatLampNest53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 12.🔐 Is “Sand_Plum_Shell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “hillrivertoast25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentPlumSand41 (b) Meera@Mango@48
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Ship!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Vine.Hill26 (b) Lotus#89
- 17.🔐 Is “ChaiLampWolf54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Wheel#Gold78 (b) seedriverrainshell
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelCloudRain30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “pondvineneem56” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Pearl@Boat@Fern47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Gold57 (b) Chai#Wolf#Corn41
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#River#53 (b) Leaf#Wolf#Drum14
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Neem26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Boat50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog@chai@tiger@14 (b) Chai-Lake-2016
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond@drum@lamp@76 (b) wolfneemplumcloud
- 30.🔐 “Cloud.Ship.2014” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi#Dust#44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Frog78 (b) Brick@Lotus@Bell28
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “chaitentgold48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillGoldToast61 (b) Vihaan2010
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandFrogTiger79 (b) Cloud.Frog.2008
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan.Wolf.29 (b) ToastLampDrum10
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
Answer key
- 15
- 18
- 3
- 4
- emojis
- 8
- 2
- 1
- has a name or year
- strong
- 3
- strong
- weak
- TentPlumSand41
- 14
- Lamp.Vine.Hill26
- strong
- 12
- Bell#Wheel#Gold78
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- Chai#Wolf#Corn41
- Leaf#Wolf#Drum14
- 14
- 4
- frog@chai@tiger@14
- pond@drum@lamp@76
- has a name or year
- 14
- 3
- 7
- Brick@Lotus@Bell28
- 14
- HillGoldToast61
- SandFrogTiger79
- ToastLampDrum10
- others can guess it
- risky
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