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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#26 (b) ship@nest@vine@56
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Moon_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Pearl!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitevineshell27 (b) lotus#mango#tiger#10
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Plum-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Ishaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 12.🔐 “mangorivertiger12” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-41 (b) river!corn!sand!84
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “rainleafcorn11” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Ship@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverneemdrumlotus (b) Rain!Cloud!Neem81
- 18.🔐 “lamptentchai52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 “drumshellkite34” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornshellriverwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “chaiwolfleaf37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus-vine-moon-58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Kabir.Frog.64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “dust@lotus@tiger@45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Mango_Gold_2017” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “SeedTentKite28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “goldtoastbell89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Cloud78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 31.🔐 “Welcome!Nest13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Is “LotusHillLeaf22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Leaf_Lake14 (b) Ananya2012
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Neem25 (b) PlumKiteLamp64
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#nest#bell#11 (b) brickwheellamplotus
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_28 (b) SandNeemPond65
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “neemtoastshipnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “sandleafmoondust” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-fern-river-12 (b) bricktigerpearl77
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “pondsandlotus36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- ship@nest@vine@56
- 12
- 12
- 4
- risky
- lotus#mango#tiger#10
- 4
- weak
- 3
- emojis
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- river!corn!sand!84
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Rain!Cloud!Neem81
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- 14
- 3
- has a name or year
- 19
- has a name or year
- strong
- 3
- 15
- 15
- in your head
- has a common word
- strong
- Seed_Leaf_Lake14
- PlumKiteLamp64
- lake#nest#bell#11
- SandNeemPond65
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pearl-fern-river-12
- 15
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