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 “Cloud-76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun.Pond.21 (b) LotusDustSeed13
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Mango!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “seedlamplotus59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “mangoboatbrickmoon” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@39 (b) Plum!Wolf!Chai84
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#river#toast#80 (b) password45
- 10.🔐 “Letmein!Toast30” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Kite.Mango12 (b) letmein50
- 12.🔐 Is “Arjun2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “cloudferndust15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “Admin!Kite77” 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
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 17.🔐 Is “Rohan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “Fern-Chai-Kite48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “kitemoonwolfdust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Fern-Drum12 (b) Rohan2014
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “sand_fern_vine_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “password76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Ship!Plum!2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 Is “moon.boat.seed.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoshipplum58 (b) lamp-lake-wolf-59
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@Ship@Cloud26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “pondtoastmangogold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 “Qwerty!Shell14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl!pond!vine!38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Lake!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) Lake!Hill!Lamp10
- 32.🔐 Is “Neem-Mango-Chai19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tenthillmango33 (b) Moon.Neem.Tiger21
- 34.🔐 Is “Lake#50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “leaftoastcloudriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein67 (b) seed-moon-tent-53
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverwolfseedlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Dust-Neem20 (b) Welcome#Dust89
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Drum.42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 8
- risky
- emojis
- LotusDustSeed13
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Plum!Wolf!Chai84
- hill#river#toast#80
- has a common word
- Leaf.Kite.Mango12
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- 12
- weak
- strong
- weak
- Gold-Fern-Drum12
- 17
- 10
- has a name or year
- strong
- lamp-lake-wolf-59
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 18
- 4
- Lake!Hill!Lamp10
- strong
- Moon.Neem.Tiger21
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- seed-moon-tent-53
- 1
- Leaf-Dust-Neem20
- 4
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