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 “Meera.Plum.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonTentKite60 (b) cloudsandseedmoon
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.59 (b) Vine#Bell#Lamp22
- 6.🔐 Is “Kite-Wheel-2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Fern#69 (b) cloud@leaf@rain@89
- 8.🔐 “sandrainfern64” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Aarav#Rain#75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest#Pearl#Lake69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumBellTent29 (b) Qwerty@Plum82
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafBoatKite16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Neem#Frog#Pearl64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “password85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Kite_Dust_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Rohan_Lotus_54” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Toast71 (b) Tent@Rain@Cloud39
- 18.🔐 Is “neemcloudshelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “River!58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Kabir.Corn.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “letmein84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Ishaan_Pearl_27” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Neem.Vine48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Dust@Drum23 (b) Qwerty@Chai37
- 25.🔐 Is “vine#lake#wolf#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Corn-Kite-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Boat_42” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Sand16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumDustNest36 (b) Saanvi#Lake#62
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogLotusCloud72 (b) Diya2008
- 31.🔐 Is “Kabir@Tiger@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud!plum!drum!87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverSeedTent21 (b) welcome70
- 35.🔐 “cornlakemoonsand” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “frog!dust!cloud!83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Ananya@Plum@54” 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
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestBellLamp82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- 12
- MoonTentKite60
- 2
- Vine#Bell#Lamp22
- weak
- cloud@leaf@rain@89
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- DrumBellTent29
- 3
- strong
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- Tent@Rain@Cloud39
- weak
- 8
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- Rain@Dust@Drum23
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- DrumDustNest36
- FrogLotusCloud72
- weak
- 18
- 3
- RiverSeedTent21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 3
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