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) drumchaigold27 (b) drum-seed-plum-38
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldrainpond28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!Nest!Lake41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlpondshellnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “tent@cloud@nest@54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “shellmangobrickgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Boat34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipsandcornlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust#brick#wheel#27 (b) Welcome#Shell58
- 11.🔐 Is “Dust-12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “lotustoastleafneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Wheel.62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Plum#Fern36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Lotus#42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “moon-nest-pearl-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Tent!River25 (b) Meera2016
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Vine!15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Mango#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “dustbelllotus11” 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
- 23.🔐 “Letmein.Brick62” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Moon.Tent.2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger#mango#kite#38 (b) seeddrumwolf26
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfShipRain89 (b) lampmangoneem60
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 30.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “brickseedpearlvine” 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
- 32.🔐 “Saanvi_Chai_24” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shiptoastbrick16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “toastpearlbrickvine” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty75 (b) Pond.Leaf.Seed84
- 36.🔐 “Leaf.53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 37.🔐 Is “Drum#Pond#Cloud15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “sandriverdust11” 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
- 39.🔐 “chaibellbrickneem” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Dust!80 (b) DustMoonPond77
Answer key
- drum-seed-plum-38
- 2
- 17
- 18
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- 4
- 1
- dust#brick#wheel#27
- weak
- risky
- 18
- 14
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 18
- Bell!Tent!River25
- 7
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- tiger#mango#kite#38
- WolfShipRain89
- 3
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Pond.Leaf.Seed84
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- DustMoonPond77
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