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.🔐 Is “Fern#Lamp#Ship66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “SandTentBell17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “plumshipshell16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornbelltoastnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara.Fern.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “bell_mango_rain_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “VineKiteWheel75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2012 (b) lamp_vine_cloud_84
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2015 (b) LeafDrumLamp80
- 13.🔐 Is “Seed-Leaf-Tiger16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Lamp@Pearl@Wheel88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!leaf!bell!47 (b) Frog!Kite!2013
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldTentShip66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Admin_Leaf64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 18.🗝️ 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogChaiTent23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#neem#moon#44 (b) password52
- 21.🔐 “fernpondkiteseed” 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
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Boat-27” 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
- 25.🔐 “goldhillsand85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Nest!Boat13 (b) goldkiteboatnest
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampfrogpond22 (b) Drum#Tiger#Corn21
- 28.🔐 Is “Password_Chai10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumrainsand62 (b) Fern_Kite_Ship22
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumkitedustchai (b) Wolf!Wheel!Moon69
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Tent-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Sand.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Ship@76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Bell!Leaf19 (b) Nisha2010
- 35.🔐 Is “Nisha2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf_Shell_Lake10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Ship28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfTigerLeaf68 (b) goldlampchaiseed
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Moon59 (b) fern-chai-ship-54
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- 15
- 1
- 12
- risky
- 18
- strong
- lamp_vine_cloud_84
- 10
- 9
- LeafDrumLamp80
- strong
- strong
- ship!leaf!bell!47
- 14
- has a common word
- in your head
- 3
- hill#neem#moon#44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 8
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Sand!Nest!Boat13
- Drum#Tiger#Corn21
- weak
- Fern_Kite_Ship22
- Wolf!Wheel!Moon69
- 4
- 4
- 14
- Lotus!Bell!Leaf19
- weak
- 17
- 4
- 2
- WolfTigerLeaf68
- fern-chai-ship-54
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