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.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Tent@2011 (b) corn@lotus@neem@14
- 3.🔐 Is “password35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteBoatTent24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlNeemWheel71 (b) Rohan.Lamp.12
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp-leaf-bell-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 8.🔐 “Password!Gold85” 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
- 9.🎂 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
- 10.🔐 “lampmangobellfern” 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
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 14.🔐 “Iloveyou_Frog78” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome26 (b) Dust-Pond-Bell63
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Frog!80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “hillboattent10” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_Rain_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Boat-Lotus19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampseedlotuswheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “kiteshipbellbrick” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Neem_Ship_Sand39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Dust-Kite-2014” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Password.Leaf20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandLeafBrick40 (b) cloudwheeldustbrick
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Neem33 (b) frog@mango@kite@10
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Cloud#70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Toast@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Ananya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerSandKite11 (b) Aarav2015
- 33.🔐 Is “Fern!Lamp!Toast22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Tara2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein74 (b) NestLotusCorn43
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusneemmoondrum (b) RiverGoldMango37
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!ship!tent!87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Gold#Corn#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 9
- corn@lotus@neem@14
- weak
- 14
- PearlNeemWheel71
- 17
- emojis
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 12
- risky
- has a common word
- Dust-Pond-Bell63
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 9
- 4
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a common word
- SandLeafBrick40
- frog@mango@kite@10
- 4
- 15
- weak
- TigerSandKite11
- strong
- weak
- 7
- NestLotusCorn43
- RiverGoldMango37
- 17
- weak
- 10
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