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 “neem#ship#lotus#16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou73 (b) SandMangoDrum89
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Boat_2013 (b) Wheel-Vine-Lotus61
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldnestbell26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlwolfdust88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Boat#Ship#Hill14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “Bell-Dust-Kite47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Lake59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Rain.68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Cloud57 (b) BrickLotusLeaf11
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “cornrivermango52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Password.Rain21” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl@plum@frog@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Seed@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “tigerrainmango75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Moon16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlakeneemfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “dust-cloud-neem-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “leafpearlneemmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Rain!Tiger38 (b) welcome23
- 29.🔐 “Drum.Gold.2015” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Pond62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “nest!chai!toast!55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Plum.Vine.2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Dust#Ship#2009” 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
- 34.🔐 “Boat#Vine#2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem!Wolf!Sand29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Kite@19 (b) BrickBellSand66
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafShipCorn89 (b) welcome80
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Nest71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemriverpond60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Gold#Hill57 (b) Qwerty@River46
Answer key
- 3
- SandMangoDrum89
- 10
- Wheel-Vine-Lotus61
- emojis
- 2
- 2
- strong
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- 4
- 4
- BrickLotusLeaf11
- 16
- 9
- has a common word
- 18
- 2
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 1
- strong
- others can guess it
- 18
- Sand!Rain!Tiger38
- has a name or year
- 4
- 18
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- BrickBellSand66
- LeafShipCorn89
- 13
- 2
- Sand#Gold#Hill57
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