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.🔐 “Qwerty!Lake89” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “shellwolfbricklamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “pearlbrickcorn12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Mango-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed#26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2014 (b) Wheel_Drum_Gold59
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Bell_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum.mango.lotus.75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@River64 (b) BellLakeCloud13
- 11.🔐 “Pearl-Pond-2010” 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
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 13.🔐 “kiterainfernmoon” 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
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 15.🔐 “Kite-35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 Is “Hill!Boat!Wolf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Arjun.Cloud.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “pearlcornneemcloud” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Bell#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “tigerbellcornboat” 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.🔐 Is “Lamp#Neem#Lotus84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Neem@Bell@2009” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill.Leaf.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-pond-dust-63 (b) Letmein_Corn29
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.cloud.lotus.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.Lake.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Gold@Tent31 (b) welcome27
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#sand#tiger#63 (b) Diya2010
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#kite#fern#30 (b) Vine#39
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “shell_kite_tiger_46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemwolfgold23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Lotus#86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakemoonbellrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Bell!Fern!Brick53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@66 (b) VineLotusKite83
- 37.🔐 Is “Moon-Dust-Seed27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!Wheel!Tiger59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) Rain#Gold#Neem32
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.73 (b) LakeLampWheel36
Answer key
- has a common word
- weak
- 8
- weak
- 14
- 4
- Wheel_Drum_Gold59
- 4
- 3
- BellLakeCloud13
- has a name or year
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a name or year
- 14
- lotus-pond-dust-63
- 19
- 14
- Ship@Gold@Tent31
- fern#sand#tiger#63
- cloud#kite#fern#30
- 19
- 3
- 2
- weak
- 1
- strong
- VineLotusKite83
- strong
- 18
- Rain#Gold#Neem32
- LakeLampWheel36
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