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.🔐 “Fern-Pond-2015” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “nestsandlamp28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Drum56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Leaf_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.chai.nest.56 (b) Vihaan2008
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Kabir@Tiger@88” 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
- 10.🔐 “Iloveyou-Brick43” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “lampfrogpearltoast” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Boat!Lotus!Tiger21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.River.2010 (b) lamp!lotus!river!86
- 16.🔐 Is “Letmein#Tent26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Cloud_Ship_Wolf11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus#pearl#bell#21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Ship!Kite!Shell60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Tiger_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tenttoastpearl49 (b) Lotus_Wolf_Neem70
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Mango-River19 (b) password56
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent-nest-plum-56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 27.🔐 Is “Vine_Lamp_Neem30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!river!fern!44 (b) password29
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake_kite_chai_43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipNeemShell41 (b) Kabir!Lamp!30
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Fern#Chai36 (b) qwerty38
- 32.🔐 Is “shellpondgoldfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!boat!sand!73 (b) letmein22
- 35.🔐 Is “VineWolfLamp77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustCloudPond32 (b) password85
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Rain.Lotus17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Letmein.Wheel36” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Chai_Pond63 (b) Admin@Seed42
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Moon#Rain35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- 12
- 15
- drum.chai.nest.56
- 4
- 10
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- others can guess it
- lamp!lotus!river!86
- weak
- strong
- 9
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 14
- Lotus_Wolf_Neem70
- Wheel-Mango-River19
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- ship!river!fern!44
- 3
- ShipNeemShell41
- Moon#Fern#Chai36
- weak
- risky
- ship!boat!sand!73
- strong
- DustCloudPond32
- 18
- has a common word
- Kite_Chai_Pond63
- 17
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