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.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Shell16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “PlumPondRain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemMangoBoat58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#Cloud#Gold51 (b) Ananya2015
- 5.🔐 Is “hill#sand#lake#71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “Lake.Lamp.Sand73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 8.🔐 Is “cloudriverrain18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogRiverNeem61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “iloveyou21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandLotusRiver27 (b) Wolf#Tiger#2008
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf#dust#leaf#17 (b) Nest_Seed_2014
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Lamp58 (b) Lamp!Toast!Moon23
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Chai_Cloud84 (b) Admin#Corn35
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!47 (b) Dust.Brick.Toast23
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Dust.Boat85 (b) Diya2012
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Rain_21” 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
- 20.🔐 “cloudplumshell27” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineRainTent26 (b) chaibrickmoontent
- 22.🔐 “Vine@17” 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
- 23.🔐 “Saanvi!Frog!57” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudMangoFrog75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🗝️ 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
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern@Toast@Corn87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein55 (b) pond.ship.leaf.46
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond_44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “hillpearlclouddrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “goldchaitigerpearl” 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
- 32.🔐 “Admin!Rain40” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.River17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Corn_Boat38 (b) Welcome@Nest58
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “shippondpearl20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “HillPlumRain74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Kabir_Brick_25” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “KiteRainLake46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 16
- strong
- 3
- Pearl#Cloud#Gold51
- strong
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 15
- weak
- SandLotusRiver27
- wolf#dust#leaf#17
- Lamp!Toast!Moon23
- risky
- Drum_Chai_Cloud84
- Dust.Brick.Toast23
- Tiger.Dust.Boat85
- 9
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- VineRainTent26
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 3
- in your head
- 12
- 17
- pond.ship.leaf.46
- 7
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 4
- Kite_Corn_Boat38
- 15
- 2
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
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