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) RainPlumNeem51 (b) Seed_47
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Sand66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Toast!89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “kite_dust_hill_33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold!sand!brick!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Diya_Tiger_26” 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
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 9.🔐 “Fern-Seed-2012” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Toast24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Letmein#Bell58” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “lakewheelshellvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Toast-Brick-2011” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chairainneem61 (b) HillMangoCloud17
- 15.🔐 “Iloveyou-Fern77” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakewheelwolflotus (b) MoonTigerBell80
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Neem-50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “ship!cloud!lake!78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerseedbellfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Password-Lotus10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Wolf!14” 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
- 23.🔐 “Wolf.33” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “DrumSandTent41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “chai.wheel.lotus.24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Tiger_Tent57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger!bell!brick!74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Lake_2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Kabir#Brick#55” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “LampPondKite31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “Seed#River#2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf@Kite@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandFrogBrick43 (b) password72
- 35.🔐 “Iloveyou@Cloud33” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!lamp!leaf!53 (b) Gold-17
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Vine27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Leaf-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- RainPlumNeem51
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- in your head
- has a name or year
- 16
- has a common word
- 18
- has a name or year
- HillMangoCloud17
- has a common word
- MoonTigerBell80
- 13
- 18
- 1
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- 17
- 19
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 14
- SandFrogBrick43
- has a common word
- river!lamp!leaf!53
- 9
- 13
- 15
- 3
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