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 “password64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 5.🔐 Is “RiverRainMoon63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “shipplummango27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerhillsand11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Wolf80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Iloveyou-Seed86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@mango@pond@48 (b) welcome54
- 11.🔐 Is “Toast!Bell!Boat89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Iloveyou_Hill37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Cloud-81 (b) BoatLakePlum57
- 15.🔐 Is “wheelvinepearl12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@Kite@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 18.🔐 “plumpondboatlamp” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfseedrivertiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome80 (b) NeemBellVine43
- 21.🔐 Is “Arjun@Dust@14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “FernBoatNeem63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Lotus#63 (b) BellChaiKite16
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Boat#20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lotustigerhillwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfToastChai88 (b) admin37
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera#Neem#75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Cloud-Chai-2013” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty18 (b) Shell!Wheel!Neem49
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#Cloud#Brick32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “mangodustbell67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipSandCloud29 (b) password25
- 34.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 36.🔐 “Seed@16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Drum74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “laketigerfrogpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Toast.Mango.Chai41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “WheelSandMango29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 10
- 7
- in your head
- emojis
- strong
- 15
- 15
- 14
- has a common word
- rain@mango@pond@48
- strong
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- BoatLakePlum57
- weak
- 4
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- NeemBellVine43
- weak
- strong
- BellChaiKite16
- 13
- 18
- WolfToastChai88
- 3
- 13
- has a name or year
- Shell!Wheel!Neem49
- 4
- 15
- ShipSandCloud29
- weak
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 13
- 18
- strong
- strong
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