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 kinds of characters does “Welcome.Frog84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Toast76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp_kite_bell_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Plum14 (b) TigerCornSand25
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafnestvinebrick (b) LampLotusCloud20
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Neem@81 (b) pearl-kite-plum-55
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 8.🔐 “drumriverleaf33” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “WheelToastPearl73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “nestneemsand67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Pearl30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Iloveyou-Frog54” 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
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 14.🔐 Is “Arjun#Vine#77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust@Shell@Lake44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Wolf44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Gold68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogRiverBell30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Welcome-Leaf28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 “Bell-54” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastTigerBoat35 (b) Shell!Sand!2015
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Lotus-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “River-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatneemtoast18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “BellMoonFern27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@33 (b) NestBoatChai86
- 28.🔐 Is “Ananya2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Meera_Wheel_52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-hill-toast-24 (b) iloveyou47
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerDustCloud87 (b) hillmangobrick42
- 32.🔐 Is “DrumLotusSeed62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.kite.moon.59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Leaf20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Nest.63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “GoldWheelPond18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_Nest_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “neemsandleaf33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan!Mango!61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentMangoToast89 (b) Kabir2010
Answer key
- 4
- weak
- 3
- TigerCornSand25
- LampLotusCloud20
- pearl-kite-plum-55
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 14
- weak
- has a common word
- 12
- weak
- 4
- 15
- weak
- 3
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- ToastTigerBoat35
- 14
- 2
- 8
- 2
- 14
- NestBoatChai86
- weak
- has a name or year
- frog-hill-toast-24
- TigerDustCloud87
- strong
- 3
- 15
- weak
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 4
- TentMangoToast89
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