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) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 3.🔐 Is “Ananya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Wolf.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) Vine@Chai@Sand15
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “chai_corn_toast_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai#boat#bell#85 (b) Frog!50
- 9.🔐 “Diya_Rain_32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2015 (b) shell!cloud!boat!62
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf#bell#pearl#48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 13.🔐 Is “VineToastCorn86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Lotus@2008 (b) SeedPondPearl15
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara.Cloud.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “gold@river@leaf@27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent!Seed!Boat75 (b) Boat_61
- 18.🔐 “lamprivertoastcorn” 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
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.87 (b) Drum#Mango#Neem11
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellriverwheel58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “HillNestLake41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Drum17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Mango@28” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Letmein@Lotus31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Cloud.Shell.Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafNestGold69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “plum_hill_sand_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Chai-Neem-2008” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Neem66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “drum.tiger.lamp.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “lotustigercloudlamp” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “pearl_corn_pond_33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Lotus73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangobellfrog63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Gold-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Moon!11” 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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Toast@Dust26 (b) Password-Toast85
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlcloudriverchai (b) Ship-Plum-Pond59
Answer key
- risky
- 12
- weak
- 14
- Vine@Chai@Sand15
- 3
- strong
- chai#boat#bell#85
- has a name or year
- shell!cloud!boat!62
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- SeedPondPearl15
- 13
- strong
- Tent!Seed!Boat75
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- Drum#Mango#Neem11
- 2
- 3
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 13
- 2
- 15
- shorter than 12
- Fern@Toast@Dust26
- Ship-Plum-Pond59
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