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) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Drum74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 5.🔐 Is “wolfcloudbrick13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Corn@Drum29 (b) Saanvi_Shell_41
- 7.🔐 Is “River.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya-Tiger-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Saanvi-Gold-35” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “admin11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud-shell-leaf-72 (b) Qwerty-Kite65
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 13.🔐 Is “GoldTigerLamp23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.48 (b) frog-cloud-dust-30
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Rain.Brick31 (b) Ananya@Lotus@38
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudWolfCorn53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “boatneemtent18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Tiger-Wheel72 (b) tigerkitegoldlamp
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Gold.Plum61 (b) welcome77
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud-boat-sand-81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “nestriverpondcorn” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Nest-2009 (b) Pond!Dust!Nest85
- 24.🔐 “Drum-83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillVineRiver79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Cloud44 (b) Shell!Seed!Neem64
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Leaf#40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “River#30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandwolfbrickriver (b) nest#dust#cloud#70
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Toast!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “welcome67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Kite.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango.brick.lake.24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Kite_19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “ShipGoldDust84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password79 (b) ShipRainKite21
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Seed!River54 (b) qwerty85
Answer key
- risky
- 12
- 14
- others can guess it
- weak
- Mango@Corn@Drum29
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- 7
- cloud-shell-leaf-72
- emojis
- strong
- frog-cloud-dust-30
- 4
- Vine.Rain.Brick31
- 15
- weak
- Shell-Tiger-Wheel72
- River.Gold.Plum61
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Pond!Dust!Nest85
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- in your head
- Shell!Seed!Neem64
- 4
- 8
- nest#dust#cloud#70
- 16
- weak
- 4
- 8
- 3
- 4
- strong
- ShipRainKite21
- Lotus!Seed!River54
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