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.🔐 “Nisha.Tiger.53” 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
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Lake!Frog52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Neem13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel#Kite#2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-mango-wolf-16 (b) Aarav@Frog@55
- 8.🔐 Is “Sand!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Iloveyou!Lamp44” 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 “LakeCloudTiger75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🗝️ 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedmangolotus74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@neem@fern@61 (b) tigershelldust29
- 14.🔐 Is “DustToastLamp66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Vine86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.chai.lotus.59 (b) Kabir2016
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Wheel.Ship27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudHillChai57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Nest48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir@Tent@22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlPlumPond55 (b) drumlakemoon10
- 24.🔐 Is “Ishaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “river_kite_seed_62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “shelldrumlotus53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “mangochaitiger51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 Is “plumlotuswolfgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedWolfLamp45 (b) Arjun2008
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin75 (b) RiverVineWheel31
- 31.🔐 “Vihaan-Gold-15” 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 “Dust_Drum_Vine26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWheelChai21 (b) qwerty69
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Cloud-Boat69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerleafrain51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Bell_Wheel65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “corn-sand-frog-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@wolf@frog@27 (b) Wolf-71
- 39.🔐 Is “Welcome_Vine34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
Answer key
- has a name or year
- risky
- 4
- emojis
- 15
- 15
- lotus-mango-wolf-16
- weak
- has a common word
- 16
- in your head
- 2
- tent@neem@fern@61
- strong
- weak
- leaf.chai.lotus.59
- 12
- 4
- 15
- 3
- 4
- 13
- PearlPlumPond55
- weak
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- SeedWolfLamp45
- RiverVineWheel31
- has a name or year
- strong
- CloudWheelChai21
- 17
- 2
- 4
- strong
- shell@wolf@frog@27
- weak
- others can guess it
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