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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!kite!lotus!60 (b) Arjun@Dust@85
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Corn.Tiger15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-fern-nest-24 (b) leafneemcornfern
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemChaiLamp63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Cloud_Rain_Bell67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Ishaan.Nest.56” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Kite_46 (b) lotus-hill-dust-52
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemlotusleafseed (b) NestKiteSand49
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#Corn#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Wheel-Tiger-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Mango.Dust43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Toast_Neem39 (b) password44
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Seed.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Shell71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Lamp-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “CloudLotusLeaf11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “Nisha!Hill!64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 “Ananya.Tiger.23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Is “lotus_kite_seed_84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “CloudShipCorn27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 28.🔐 “Diya-Seed-35” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “NestWheelHill83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Plum#Lotus42 (b) iloveyou31
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoRiverDrum84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest#79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Lamp63 (b) Nest@River@Lamp87
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusfernfrogcorn (b) Vine-Seed-Tiger58
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Toast40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “lamp_cloud_gold_63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Bell.56 (b) Pond#Vine#Gold64
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Gold!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- pond!kite!lotus!60
- in your head
- others can guess it
- 8
- 4
- vine-fern-nest-24
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- lotus-hill-dust-52
- NestKiteSand49
- 4
- 9
- weak
- 12
- 4
- Drum_Toast_Neem39
- 2
- 4
- 15
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- 9
- Gold#Plum#Lotus42
- 16
- 7
- Nest@River@Lamp87
- Vine-Seed-Tiger58
- 2
- 14
- strong
- Pond#Vine#Gold64
- 14
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