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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-tiger-pearl-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “lampvinenestlake” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango-seed-vine-13 (b) Tara2009
- 5.🔐 Is “corn_lotus_fern_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “pearlriverpondfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Dust75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Corn59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Lake.Wheel.2011” 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.🔐 “Iloveyou#Shell55” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Drum-Sand37 (b) Saanvi2010
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!64 (b) Fern@Seed@Lotus20
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Plum#Seed71 (b) tentmooncloud36
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestCloudWheel72 (b) Mango_39
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango-nest-rain-60 (b) toastlampseeddrum
- 18.🔐 Is “rainlakecornfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Iloveyou_Moon53” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “wheel#cloud#gold#88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Shell.60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “HillLakeBoat55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “kiterainneem29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “tiger-lamp-fern-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#20 (b) DustRainMango12
- 26.🔐 “Ishaan@Toast@21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-leaf-pearl-81 (b) sandtigervine72
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_63 (b) corn#hill#rain#60
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 31.🔐 Is “Letmein!Vine41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Admin#River10” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Wheel.Chai.Gold18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_27 (b) Shell#Lamp#Corn29
- 35.🔐 “Vihaan-Vine-84” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusdrumwheel15 (b) Gold!Lotus!Cloud39
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#24 (b) Nest.River.Drum71
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Vine-Gold51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Plum.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 12
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- mango-seed-vine-13
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 15
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- Dust-Drum-Sand37
- Fern@Seed@Lotus20
- 3
- Corn#Plum#Seed71
- NestCloudWheel72
- others can guess it
- mango-nest-rain-60
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 14
- weak
- strong
- DustRainMango12
- has a name or year
- drum-leaf-pearl-81
- 3
- corn#hill#rain#60
- in your head
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- Shell#Lamp#Corn29
- has a name or year
- Gold!Lotus!Cloud39
- Nest.River.Drum71
- 16
- risky
- 14
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