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.🔐 “Fern.Tent.2015” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Drum_18 (b) vine!pond!mango!53
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Neem17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Saanvi#Brick#29” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Fern_2016 (b) Drum.Mango.Vine63
- 8.🔐 “Iloveyou_Shell82” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Seed49 (b) Diya@Tiger@50
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 11.🔐 Is “Gold!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome31 (b) Lake#Gold#Drum36
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.fern.kite.35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudPondLamp32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastfrogchaileaf (b) Neem!Kite!Sand83
- 18.🔐 “drumfernneemlamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 19.🔐 “cornnestdrumtoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Sand53 (b) Drum_Seed_Lamp65
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Brick!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedbrickmooncloud (b) VineMoonTent59
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldkitecorndrum (b) ChaiDustToast14
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Vine-Ship71 (b) Meera2011
- 26.🔐 “Wheel@63” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Mango.2011 (b) Toast.Brick.Drum85
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “hillfroglotus27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-vine-neem-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Password_Leaf78” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “LeafNeemTiger79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Sand@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “SeedCloudLotus17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!River82 (b) KiteRiverCloud77
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Corn71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Cloud.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- vine!pond!mango!53
- weak
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a name or year
- Drum.Mango.Vine63
- has a common word
- Kite#Sand#Seed49
- in your head
- weak
- Lake#Gold#Drum36
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- Neem!Kite!Sand83
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- Drum_Seed_Lamp65
- 14
- VineMoonTent59
- ChaiDustToast14
- Fern-Vine-Ship71
- shorter than 12
- Toast.Brick.Drum85
- 15
- 18
- has a common word
- 3
- strong
- 4
- strong
- KiteRiverCloud77
- emojis
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 10
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