Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 891 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
2. 2.🗝️ 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
3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeLotusLamp28 (b) Shell-Lake-2011
4. 4.🔐 “Leaf!65” 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
5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “brickkitemango24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Brick76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
7. 7.🔐 Is “neem-moon-dust-85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_13 (b) LakeLampLeaf27
9. 9.🔐 Is “cornpearlriverlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2016 (b) LeafMangoRain74
11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust.shell.neem.65 (b) Frog.84
13. 13.🔐 “Seed#38” 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
14. 14.🔐 “Password.Mango34” 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
15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Fern-Kite45 (b) lampbrickfrogcloud
16. 16.🔐 “raindrumbell73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatbellkitesand (b) pond.sand.drum.55
18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Moon28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold_tiger_lake_63 (b) Tara-Frog-51
20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Frog@Moon69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
21. 21.🔐 “pondcornnestvine” 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
22. 22.🔐 Is “Leaf_Tent_2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
23. 23.🔐 Is “iloveyou13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastMoonKite37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Frog60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
26. 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
27. 27.🔐 Is “boat!lake!cloud!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
28. 28.🔐 “Neem@21” 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
29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfWheelCloud19 (b) Arjun2017
30. 30.🔐 Is “fern.gold.plum.17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
31. 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
32. 32.🔐 “tentwheelvine46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
33. 33.🔐 Is “Lake_Dust_Lotus75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
34. 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogLakeDust33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
36. 36.🔐 Is “Lamp@21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
37. 37.🔐 Is “cloudchaidrum23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
38. 38.🔐 “Kabir-Tent-59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
40. 40.🔐 Is “Nisha2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

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