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 “Tara-Nest-44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_Gold_75 (b) LeafBrickKite47
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@69 (b) SandCloudNest72
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔐 Is “password84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “mango@nest@corn@76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “Meera!Chai!17” 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
- 8.🔐 “Rohan-Neem-10” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldHillPond68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Wheel-Mango34 (b) brickwolfkitetiger
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonBellPlum72 (b) goldlotusplum71
- 12.🔐 “Moon#Pearl#2018” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornPearlSeed70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Ananya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-dust-vine-19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Pond_Lotus16 (b) Dust@53
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Leaf.Boat67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Moon72 (b) RiverMoonNeem50
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Fern@Lake34 (b) Ship!19
- 23.🔐 Is “tent!drum!rain!11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “FernVineCorn33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelcloudchai47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Fern#78” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Tiger_2017 (b) CornNeemBrick83
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Wolf.Pearl31 (b) Neem_Cloud_2016
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome21 (b) drum@toast@fern@21
- 32.🔐 “tentdrumwolf76” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2010 (b) RainTigerGold43
- 35.🔐 “shelllotuslamp49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Is “Drum.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Lotus-Lamp20 (b) Letmein_Lamp40
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lotussandrainchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty30 (b) Hill.Cloud.Wolf53
Answer key
- 4
- LeafBrickKite47
- SandCloudNest72
- others can guess it
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 3
- Lotus-Wheel-Mango34
- MoonBellPlum72
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- in your head
- 17
- Hill_Pond_Lotus16
- 16
- 2
- emojis
- RiverMoonNeem50
- Sand@Fern@Lake34
- strong
- strong
- 2
- 8
- shorter than 12
- CornNeemBrick83
- 10
- Seed.Wolf.Pearl31
- drum@toast@fern@21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- RainTigerGold43
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Cloud-Lotus-Lamp20
- 2
- 17
- Hill.Cloud.Wolf53
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