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.🔐 “Lotus_22” 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
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Hill!Neem15 (b) Kabir.Wheel.17
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara.Sand.39 (b) kite#drum#fern#49
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-ship-pearl-68 (b) Saanvi2008
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogTentLotus11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Qwerty_Toast63” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “welcome18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@Pearl@Nest40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Corn.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPlumKite24 (b) hilltigerlampmango
- 18.🔐 “Seed!13” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Frog-Neem-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Plum.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “leafshellplumfern” 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
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “rain_vine_leaf_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Nest.Leaf66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Toast_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “River#Moon#2010” 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
- 29.🔐 “Tent!Wolf!2011” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusboatlake44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “CloudMoonBell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Brick_2017 (b) Toast#Moon#Wheel13
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Letmein@Mango73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “wolfbellmoon82” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudkiteriver73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2010 (b) RainWolfFern18
- 39.🔐 Is “Kite_Lotus_Nest19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “PlumBellPond25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- 4
- 7
- emojis
- Corn!Hill!Neem15
- kite#drum#fern#49
- sand-ship-pearl-68
- 15
- 4
- has a common word
- 4
- weak
- 18
- 4
- 9
- SeedPlumKite24
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 10
- 4
- strong
- 17
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 2
- strong
- Toast#Moon#Wheel13
- 10
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 9
- RainWolfFern18
- strong
- strong
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