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) welcome13 (b) ChaiDrumGold29
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedVineBell18 (b) Kabir2011
- 3.🔐 Is “Password@Lamp29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “moon#neem#hill#17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Drum_Chai_Ship45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “wolfleafneem24” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Seed-Lamp-River77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 9.🔐 “Brick_44” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “MangoVineNeem30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2015 (b) LotusBellDrum59
- 12.🔐 “lakefrogwheel20” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Diya.Fern.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Bell@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔐 Is “ShellNestTiger34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumLotusFrog30 (b) letmein32
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ponddustneemwheel (b) KiteFrogPearl82
- 20.🔐 “lamphilldusttent” 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
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 22.🔐 “cloudneemlakeship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Lamp_14 (b) Ship@Pond@Wheel79
- 26.🔐 “Letmein@Moon44” 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
- 27.🔐 “Tara@Gold@12” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi.Pearl.36 (b) Lamp.Tiger.Wheel85
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerDustWolf52 (b) Gold-Chai-2016
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!dust!boat!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “wolfboatnest57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 34.🔐 Is “Nest!Toast!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Kite@Frog@2016” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “letmein43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) SeedShellRiver62
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!corn!kite!32 (b) Cloud-Fern-2017
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Vihaan#Pond#49” 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
Answer key
- ChaiDrumGold29
- SeedVineBell18
- weak
- 17
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- LotusBellDrum59
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- strong
- DrumLotusFrog30
- 9
- KiteFrogPearl82
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- in your head
- Ship@Pond@Wheel79
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 2
- Lamp.Tiger.Wheel85
- TigerDustWolf52
- 3
- weak
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- SeedShellRiver62
- pond!corn!kite!32
- 9
- has a name or year
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