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) NeemMangoLeaf69 (b) mangoleafplum78
- 2.🔐 “Password.Moon57” 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
- 3.🔐 “Qwerty_Pearl73” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Tara2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellShipLotus41 (b) Toast!73
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai_river_seed_64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Iloveyou_Vine80” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent.gold.boat.61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera@Chai@83 (b) FrogRiverFern43
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun_Dust_29 (b) Sand.Drum.Brick63
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 12.🔐 Is “dust.vine.plum.30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogBoatLeaf35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Ishaan.Dust.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav.Cloud.65 (b) Lamp#Nest#Lake80
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Boat!Shell41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfRainLeaf38 (b) Diya.Boat.83
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell!Lamp!Dust39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Lamp#26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “Aarav-Seed-47” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.35 (b) WheelDustShell34
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Brick#82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Nest.26 (b) TentDustChai38
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillkitedrumbrick (b) Pearl@Corn@Mango34
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Frog61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Wolf62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Corn_Boat10 (b) Plum.56
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan.Nest.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@lamp@hill@60 (b) admin87
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_21 (b) nest!tiger!cloud!11
- 34.🔐 “Letmein!Corn16” 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
- 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 37.🔐 Is “LeafNeemHill25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@tent@drum@33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Mango78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- NeemMangoLeaf69
- has a common word
- has a common word
- weak
- BellShipLotus41
- 3
- has a common word
- 3
- FrogRiverFern43
- Sand.Drum.Brick63
- risky
- strong
- 14
- weak
- Lamp#Nest#Lake80
- 4
- WolfRainLeaf38
- 17
- weak
- has a name or year
- WheelDustShell34
- emojis
- 4
- TentDustChai38
- Pearl@Corn@Mango34
- 4
- weak
- Rain_Corn_Boat10
- 12
- weak
- 7
- brick@lamp@hill@60
- nest!tiger!cloud!11
- has a common word
- in your head
- 3
- strong
- 3
- 4
- 8
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