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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangoneemshell44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Sand#Nest#2010” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern-35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 8.🔐 “mangofrogchai41” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “plumleafferntiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Gold@River59 (b) Leaf@78
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!River!12 (b) LeafSandMango31
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password45 (b) moon#rain#toast#30
- 15.🔐 Is “DustShellLeaf11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!neem!kite!29 (b) Kite@Ship@2008
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “neem-shell-tent-52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Toast-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!River!Bell81 (b) Cloud.21
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Leaf!63 (b) Neem-Seed-Wolf70
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Pearl!2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Lotus41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Rain_Ship_Pearl65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill#river#dust#71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Leaf46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “password17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafcorncloudrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangovineneemship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “neem.lotus.fern.37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “vineboatgold42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@36 (b) SandTigerLotus10
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2012 (b) rain#nest#wolf#73
- 33.🔐 Is “ShipFernNest11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Tiger@Dust@2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 “Brick@Wheel@2011” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat.corn.neem.33 (b) seedleaftigerpond
- 37.🔐 Is “Ananya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “lakekitewheel47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@20 (b) NestToastBell23
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Sand@Brick25 (b) rainboatbell75
Answer key
- 3
- in your head
- 7
- 2
- has a name or year
- 4
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- weak
- Wolf@Gold@River59
- 12
- LeafSandMango31
- moon#rain#toast#30
- strong
- fern!neem!kite!29
- 18
- weak
- Shell!River!Bell81
- Neem-Seed-Wolf70
- 15
- 16
- strong
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 1
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SandTigerLotus10
- rain#nest#wolf#73
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- boat.corn.neem.33
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NestToastBell23
- River@Sand@Brick25
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