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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatLotusDust89 (b) dustbricklamptent
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Moon62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@wolf@nest@49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell!20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 7.🔐 Is “Shell_Rain_Wheel77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Nest-Wheel37 (b) Vine-20
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#neem#wolf#73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “boat-vine-kite-81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearllakewheel52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Cloud@87 (b) Pearl#River#Plum12
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Ship#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Gold#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfseedgold32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “lake#pond#wolf#74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeNeemDrum14 (b) Password.Brick21
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Tent15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitegoldpondbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Ship-Moon33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Chai62 (b) chai.vine.drum.23
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Vine!Wheel79 (b) Letmein.Neem81
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “nestgolddrum27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “nesttigerchaiseed” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “moon#neem#plum#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “Seed#21” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Frog.24 (b) Pond!River!Neem81
- 31.🔐 “tentbellship30” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “pearlshipkite23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelltigerlamp49 (b) MangoPlumBrick31
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Mango.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf@lamp@toast@26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Moon#Shell#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raincornkitetiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- BoatLotusDust89
- 4
- 3
- emojis
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 10
- Lotus-Nest-Wheel37
- 18
- strong
- 2
- Pearl#River#Plum12
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 2
- strong
- LakeNeemDrum14
- in your head
- 4
- 1
- 4
- chai.vine.drum.23
- Frog!Vine!Wheel79
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Pond!River!Neem81
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 9
- 3
- MangoPlumBrick31
- 2
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 1
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