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 kinds of characters does “Meera@Lamp@56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheeltigerrivertent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “neemmooncloudfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#Lotus#Rain42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “mangopondrainfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand#river#tent#36 (b) tigervinesandhill
- 9.🔐 Is “toast#tiger#lamp#64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Plum#Vine60 (b) Toast.62
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2018 (b) GoldDrumFrog79
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-fern-lotus-71 (b) lotushillgold83
- 15.🔐 “Saanvi@Plum@10” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2015 (b) PearlShipCorn80
- 17.🔐 Is “vinebrickrain50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Kite@Ship71 (b) wheeltoastbell23
- 19.🔐 Is “MoonSandGold67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “moondrumtentwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 23.🔐 Is “Wheel-75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud.shell.chai.11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogLotusBell82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Wolf-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Nest#Lotus49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “neem@wolf@pond@16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Lotus_Fern87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “vine#lamp#sand#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Moon.Wheel.2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 “Welcome.Pearl88” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.mango.nest.51 (b) Diya2017
- 35.🔐 Is “pearl!wolf!wheel!34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein22 (b) hill_brick_sand_24
- 37.🔐 “Corn-11” 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
- 38.🔐 “lakepearlmangoleaf” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumShellTiger44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “PlumToastMango29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- 1
- 12
- risky
- 17
- 17
- weak
- sand#river#tent#36
- strong
- Rain#Plum#Vine60
- GoldDrumFrog79
- 3
- 9
- pearl-fern-lotus-71
- has a name or year
- PearlShipCorn80
- weak
- Drum@Kite@Ship71
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- weak
- 3
- 15
- 4
- 18
- strong
- 4
- 17
- 9
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- corn.mango.nest.51
- strong
- hill_brick_sand_24
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
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