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) welcome27 (b) Vine-Lamp-Mango34
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#76 (b) BrickNestShell36
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “seed-moon-drum-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “bell@brick@rain@25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Cloud23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Hill88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangodrumvinepond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “ferngoldpearl85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 10.🔐 Is “Wolf!Mango!Nest72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “hill.cloud.bell.21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “nestmangowheel27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Neem61 (b) Sand.Tent.Lamp17
- 15.🔐 “Ship.24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “neemlampdrumchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiShipShell64 (b) Ananya2010
- 21.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Cloud.54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “ShipLakeBoat22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Drum@River13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “dusttentboatcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “letmein80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@Chai@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “mangobellcloud83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 29.🔐 Is “KiteBellDust19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Wheel#Pond#2010” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “lake!toast!sand!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Fern24 (b) moon.fern.nest.71
- 34.🔐 “fernlakewheeldrum” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “drum.neem.mango.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf!sand!rain!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “dustpondnestpearl” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Frog36 (b) Leaf.Rain.Moon60
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Lamp_68” 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
Answer key
- Vine-Lamp-Mango34
- BrickNestShell36
- 17
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 15
- in your head
- strong
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- Sand.Tent.Lamp17
- shorter than 12
- 8
- emojis
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ChaiShipShell64
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 4
- 17
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 7
- has a name or year
- strong
- moon.fern.nest.71
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Leaf.Rain.Moon60
- 8
- shorter than 12
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