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 characters are in “dust!boat!toast!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Bell#River45 (b) Password!Fern11
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Leaf74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Moon!42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “LampCornMoon87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Ananya#Fern#64” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “lamp@rain@fern@44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Cloud77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “GoldCloudLotus22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Pond68 (b) Rain-Moon-Plum61
- 12.🔐 Is “River-Dust-Plum82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Tiger!Brick!Tent64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.Wolf.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Kite25 (b) Frog#Rain#Kite29
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Ship-Leaf59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverbellcloud21 (b) Lake-Pond-Mango65
- 18.🔐 Is “admin68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai#Gold#Kite21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn.Frog.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “tent!fern!ship!85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 23.🔐 “Meera#Pearl#59” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “neemtenthill49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “moon!gold!leaf!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “Saanvi.Neem.57” 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
- 27.🔐 “Mango!Bell!2008” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “wolfleaflamp64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!53 (b) Lamp.Fern.Wheel85
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “password23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondSandBell60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🎂 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipcorntent27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “lake#boat#lamp#79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2013 (b) gold_vine_neem_41
- 36.🔐 Is “Ishaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakebrickseedgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Plum.Wolf30 (b) Meera2018
- 40.🔐 Is “Ishaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 18
- Rain#Bell#River45
- 15
- 13
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- emojis
- 16
- strong
- Rain-Moon-Plum61
- strong
- strong
- 15
- Frog#Rain#Kite29
- 4
- Lake-Pond-Mango65
- weak
- 16
- 4
- 17
- risky
- has a name or year
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- Lamp.Fern.Wheel85
- 10
- 3
- others can guess it
- 2
- strong
- gold_vine_neem_41
- weak
- in your head
- 1
- Toast.Plum.Wolf30
- weak
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