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.🔐 “Letmein.Neem21” 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
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumBrickCorn28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Wolf-Ship38 (b) Kabir2018
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain_brick_tent_89 (b) rainnestcloudboat
- 6.🔐 Is “TigerBrickRain53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai#cloud#lamp#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Rohan@Moon@64” 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
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Pearl75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “fernseedleafmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_Sand_Brick15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumnestlotus22 (b) chai_vine_cloud_77
- 17.🔐 “Wolf!69” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “FernBoatToast68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Dust-Ship-River50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “leafneemwheel83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Is “seedchaibell86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “letmein76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Tiger!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Lake-Drum67 (b) tigerlakedrumsand
- 25.🔐 “rainwheelbell88” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2008 (b) neem.brick.sand.42
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “ship!plum!river!80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl_Fern_2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Lamp!79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.83 (b) TentPearlKite54
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Moon.Cloud70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Boat!Lamp!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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Ship@Fern28 (b) Ship#10
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonleafmango82 (b) Rain#Cloud#Wolf25
- 38.🔐 Is “Wolf#44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “Tara2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Seed-Brick-Shell18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a common word
- in your head
- 3
- Drum-Wolf-Ship38
- rain_brick_tent_89
- strong
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- 3
- 8
- 16
- 16
- 4
- 4
- chai_vine_cloud_77
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- weak
- Fern-Lake-Drum67
- fewer than 3 kinds
- neem.brick.sand.42
- 4
- 18
- 4
- 13
- emojis
- 3
- TentPearlKite54
- 18
- has a name or year
- Pearl@Ship@Fern28
- Rain#Cloud#Wolf25
- weak
- weak
- strong
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