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.🔐 “Rohan#Wheel#17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Neem44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “hill#gold#wolf#88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “bellrainneem52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond#Brick#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Diya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Neem26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Lamp!Lake75 (b) qwerty45
- 12.🔐 Is “Nisha2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestbelllakehill (b) BellToastDrum87
- 14.🔐 Is “Nest#Tiger#Tent47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Lotus63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Cloud.Chai36 (b) Ship-Drum-2017
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Chai!Moon88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-fern-corn-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “drumbrickpond73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Lamp-86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 22.🔐 Is “Bell#Rain#2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “nestlotusmoonboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Corn!2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “SeedLampDust18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Pond_Hill17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Pearl44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumbrickfern17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “river.brick.rain.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Kite!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “tent_cloud_drum_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Pond@Chai@Tiger41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.Seed.Wolf25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Moon@80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “fern.moon.dust.31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 14
- 17
- 3
- 14
- 4
- weak
- risky
- 4
- 4
- Moon!Lamp!Lake75
- weak
- BellToastDrum87
- strong
- 15
- 10
- Drum.Cloud.Chai36
- 4
- 18
- 15
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- 14
- strong
- in your head
- 17
- 4
- 3
- 12
- 2
- emojis
- 19
- 3
- 14
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 13
- 17
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