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) Kite.Chai.Frog26 (b) admin12
- 2.🔐 Is “kite@seed@wolf@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “fernlakeboat39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan!Fern!18 (b) boat!drum!lotus!42
- 6.🔐 “Ship#22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.fern.gold.84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 9.🔐 “kitechaiboat40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 10.🔐 “seedvinechai47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 12.🔐 “tenttigerbrick21” 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
- 13.🔐 “leafbellplum75” 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
- 14.🔐 “Chai_10” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Nisha-Lotus-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!wolf!frog!12 (b) Ananya#Toast#80
- 17.🔐 Is “laketentsandpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.Drum.Vine88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!shell!corn!19 (b) Welcome@Mango70
- 21.🔐 “Lotus_Plum_2017” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “drum@plum@frog@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Drum!26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Kabir-Neem-17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Chai.2010 (b) rain-lotus-neem-34
- 28.🔐 Is “neempondkite70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill#21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “password20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Seed.Sand69 (b) admin85
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogcornbellfern (b) DrumLotusToast68
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedleafcornship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Dust62 (b) kite-lamp-shell-75
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentlampfern40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Corn_Tiger62 (b) Sand@Hill@2016
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Kite.Chai.Frog26
- strong
- 14
- in your head
- boat!drum!lotus!42
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- corn!wolf!frog!12
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- lamp!shell!corn!19
- has a name or year
- 2
- 7
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- rain-lotus-neem-34
- weak
- 4
- weak
- Lotus.Seed.Sand69
- 2
- DrumLotusToast68
- 1
- 2
- kite-lamp-shell-75
- 4
- 2
- Wolf_Corn_Tiger62
- 3
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