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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 2.🔐 Is “Aarav2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteseedshelllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillseedchai69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “brickpearlcorn80” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillCloudVine16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “seedcloudneem39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafshiptoastkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “pond#kite#tent#60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@48 (b) LampBrickPearl78
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “CornBellDust33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “Boat@50” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteGoldHill46 (b) Qwerty#Wheel23
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-52 (b) Pearl!Pond!Tent72
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2009 (b) hill@mango@toast@11
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Frog_Wolf27 (b) Nisha.Shell.66
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastseedpondcorn (b) WolfNeemMoon45
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastCornShell89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin15 (b) PlumSandTiger12
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “vineboatnest78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “kite#toast#tent#15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin20 (b) brick_hill_frog_22
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandHillDrum66 (b) qwerty31
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverKiteCorn11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Welcome.Vine19” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Plum@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty16 (b) RainShipVine87
- 37.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “vinelakemoonfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 40.🔐 “Toast-Chai-2008” 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
Answer key
- risky
- weak
- 1
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 9
- in your head
- 15
- 1
- strong
- LampBrickPearl78
- 2
- strong
- shorter than 12
- KiteGoldHill46
- Pearl!Pond!Tent72
- 3
- hill@mango@toast@11
- others can guess it
- Lotus_Frog_Wolf27
- WolfNeemMoon45
- 3
- PlumSandTiger12
- 3
- emojis
- 7
- weak
- strong
- 12
- brick_hill_frog_22
- SandHillDrum66
- 15
- has a common word
- weak
- RainShipVine87
- weak
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
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