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) Lotus-53 (b) MoonSeedRain55
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Gold.59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Tiger!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Fern_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Wolf53 (b) Wheel@Gold@Pond14
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 7.🔐 “Vihaan!Mango!24” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_88 (b) Seed@Dust@Kite89
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel#lamp#lake#71 (b) Kabir!Wolf!18
- 10.🔐 Is “Welcome.Pond38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “frogtentcloudhill” 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
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 13.🔐 Is “mango.river.kite.73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellRainPearl56 (b) Brick-50
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “shipnestgoldneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Admin@Seed71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Meera#Nest#62” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusChaiMoon69 (b) cloudmangodrumriver
- 19.🔐 “Vihaan_Tent_66” 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
- 20.🔐 “sanddustmoon61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 21.🔐 “Cloud#Plum#2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelampshellgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “shippondtiger51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Moon!Vine68 (b) Drum#14
- 25.🔐 “Diya-Shell-74” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “MangoPondVine31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-tent-wheel-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Arjun_Hill_11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 30.🔐 “Rohan#Chai#32” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.10 (b) Neem!Drum!Wolf87
- 32.🔐 Is “PlumSandBell68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Moon.Corn41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Password!River74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 Is “RainLampLeaf28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemSeedWheel19 (b) Meera2016
- 37.🔐 “plumshiprain38” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_Seed_Dust58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Seed.Corn21 (b) Plum_Gold_2012
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Vine_49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- MoonSeedRain55
- 4
- 15
- shorter than 12
- Wheel@Gold@Pond14
- risky
- has a name or year
- Seed@Dust@Kite89
- wheel#lamp#lake#71
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- strong
- BellRainPearl56
- 16
- weak
- has a name or year
- LotusChaiMoon69
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 1
- 15
- Corn!Moon!Vine68
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- 19
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- Neem!Drum!Wolf87
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- NeemSeedWheel19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Brick.Seed.Corn21
- 4
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