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 “Leaf!Pond!Dust74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Lamp.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestlakebellfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Welcome-Fern52” 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
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein72 (b) wolf#cloud#tiger#31
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuslampvine89 (b) boat.moon.gold.56
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 9.🔐 Is “iloveyou60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Frog_Lamp_2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 11.🔐 Is “LotusLeafWolf65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “toastlotusseed73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Nest-Bell26 (b) Welcome_Neem30
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “FernShellKite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “drumneemriverbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 17.🔐 Is “WheelBellHill76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “frog_rain_sand_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!40 (b) Fern@Lotus@Tent49
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password57 (b) Plum-Boat-Tiger61
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellkiteriverpond (b) Frog#Lake#River56
- 22.🔐 Is “Aarav-River-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “fernriverleaftent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “boatfernhill27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “qwerty25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 27.🔐 “Password#Shell26” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern_lamp_boat_53 (b) admin43
- 29.🔐 “Hill#Plum#2010” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#Pond#Rain24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty73 (b) sand@wolf@frog@69
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Neem-2014 (b) Tiger#Hill#Gold28
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Chai46 (b) Wheel@Tiger@Frog87
- 34.🔐 “Admin#Bell31” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plumpondlakeshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Meera_River_25” 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
- 37.🔐 “brickkiteshell37” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Moon18 (b) LakeNestSeed75
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Dust77 (b) DustKiteLamp52
- 40.🔐 Is “Cloud.Leaf.Bell89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 16
- 4
- 1
- has a common word
- 3
- wolf#cloud#tiger#31
- boat.moon.gold.56
- emojis
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- Lotus-Nest-Bell26
- 15
- 17
- others can guess it
- strong
- 17
- Fern@Lotus@Tent49
- Plum-Boat-Tiger61
- Frog#Lake#River56
- weak
- 17
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- has a common word
- fern_lamp_boat_53
- has a name or year
- 17
- sand@wolf@frog@69
- Tiger#Hill#Gold28
- Wheel@Tiger@Frog87
- has a common word
- 17
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LakeNestSeed75
- DustKiteLamp52
- strong
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