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 “toast.sand.plum.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “Qwerty@Boat31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔐 Is “Tent#Plum#Kite53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “shipwolfneem19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “tigerdrumdust63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Shell-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Welcome@Wolf57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 8.🔐 Is “DrumRiverMoon84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 10.🔐 “Ananya@Toast@34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera@Rain@16 (b) Seed#Toast#Tent74
- 12.🔐 Is “Kabir-Neem-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Wolf62 (b) Lamp@Pearl@Frog70
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “neemtigerbellmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Ship15 (b) Drum@Tiger@River51
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-rain-drum-13 (b) Cloud-Bell-2011
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfCloudLotus75 (b) vinefrogseed65
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernwheelgold30 (b) boat.tiger.vine.49
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango!Nest!Neem23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 23.🔐 Is “Welcome-Frog42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “lotusdrumbell10” 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
- 25.🔐 “Fern!Mango!2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@Brick@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “vinetentnestdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumseedlotusdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “brickwheellamp64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “cloud.seed.dust.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlpondkitetent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Aarav@Corn@82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 33.🔐 “Welcome.Boat82” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Pearl.15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiSandWheel46 (b) Ishaan-Lotus-87
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai@Seed@Fern82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldmangoshellpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 40.🔐 Is “iloveyou20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- 14
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- Seed#Toast#Tent74
- weak
- Lamp@Pearl@Frog70
- 18
- 2
- Drum@Tiger@River51
- 7
- frog-rain-drum-13
- WolfCloudLotus75
- boat.tiger.vine.49
- 17
- in your head
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- weak
- strong
- 17
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 10
- shorter than 12
- ChaiSandWheel46
- 4
- 1
- 12
- weak
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