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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shiprainlamp73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Tiger.Bell69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “pearllotusfrog72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Dust#47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger#pearl#ship#26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Pond-Leaf53 (b) iloveyou76
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-Neem-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “sandmangobellpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Cloud-Lake-Gold73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Rain-Hill63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “ship_tiger_kite_51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondFernShip39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2013 (b) Wheel-Kite-Lake58
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Admin.Pearl71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty45 (b) ShellSeedCorn77
- 20.🔐 Is “toast#moon#frog#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Neem#24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “gold_fern_rain_77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast#kite#frog#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Kite-Brick-Wolf61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastNestCorn22 (b) kitetigersand79
- 27.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “frograinnestriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou.Neem81” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password19 (b) NeemToastBoat46
- 31.🔐 “seedtoastlotusneem” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Dust.Rain.Cloud30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillleafmangotoast (b) lamp#chai#corn#37
- 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 36.🔐 “Sand.45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Rain@56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “LakeNeemShell44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Rain-Cloud-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Brick.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- risky
- 2
- 17
- weak
- emojis
- 13
- 19
- 7
- Cloud-Pond-Leaf53
- 14
- 18
- strong
- 16
- strong
- 3
- Wheel-Kite-Lake58
- 10
- weak
- ShellSeedCorn77
- strong
- weak
- 17
- 4
- 3
- strong
- ToastNestCorn22
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- NeemToastBoat46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- others can guess it
- lamp#chai#corn#37
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- 15
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