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.🔐 “Vihaan.Mango.46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 “Kabir#Pearl#54” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “mangoshellgoldwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Toast#69” 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
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 6.🔐 Is “Boat_Toast_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBrickNeem18 (b) kitelotusrivertiger
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Wolf-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipHillToast21 (b) letmein29
- 11.🔐 “Rohan#Boat#19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteTigerPlum23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-69 (b) Gold.Dust.Sand50
- 14.🔐 Is “Toast#Mango#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Kabir!Tiger!17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Meera.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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “vine.moon.wolf.58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Seed.Rain.Bell68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “leaflampnestneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Gold-Sand-Lake47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “lakechaikiteplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemwheelcorn73 (b) tiger#vine#nest#26
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2009 (b) NestBrickDust20
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-pond-cloud-46 (b) lakepearlboathill
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldmoonbrickwheel (b) fern.tiger.kite.19
- 32.🔐 Is “Boat_Tent_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.19 (b) Rain@Leaf@Nest64
- 34.🔐 “Ananya!Vine!53” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Rain71 (b) Vine!Plum!Corn19
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 37.🔐 Is “corn_pearl_plum_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Dust-Wolf17 (b) boatlakefrognest
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp#boat#ship#36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Admin_Shell84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- shorter than 12
- risky
- weak
- VineBrickNeem18
- 7
- 15
- ShipHillToast21
- has a name or year
- 15
- Gold.Dust.Sand50
- weak
- others can guess it
- 9
- 9
- weak
- has a name or year
- 7
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 4
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tiger#vine#nest#26
- NestBrickDust20
- chai-pond-cloud-46
- fern.tiger.kite.19
- weak
- Rain@Leaf@Nest64
- has a name or year
- Vine!Plum!Corn19
- emojis
- strong
- Neem-Dust-Wolf17
- 17
- weak
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