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) risky (d) smart
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Sand@89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “kitewheelrivergold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 Is “DrumMangoVine13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 7.🗝️ 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
- 8.🔐 “Nest!Boat!2012” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “cloudcornpearl17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 “neemtoastplum57” 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
- 11.🔐 “Rohan_Corn_26” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “tiger!gold!plum!88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Kite!Brick!Nest85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf.river.kite.57 (b) frognestseedleaf
- 15.🔐 “Admin!Rain56” 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
- 16.🔐 “Meera_Toast_81” 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
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger#vine#seed#20 (b) Moon_Kite_2015
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfNestRain89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “tentwolfplum27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudFernBoat19 (b) Meera#Moon#37
- 22.🔐 “Rohan!Corn!62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Dust39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) gold#pearl#kite#25
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintigergoldbell (b) nest.kite.river.79
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickToastPlum84 (b) rainlamplotussand
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent!Toast!2009 (b) Drum.Lotus.Chai22
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2009 (b) tiger@lamp@lotus@80
- 29.🔐 Is “KiteLampGold82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Tiger_Mango_2018” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent#river#chai#38 (b) boatnestwolf72
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou-Neem50” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “bell@nest@chai@78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.Leaf.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “leafmangolamp86” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-Drum-Neem62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “boat-moon-vine-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- risky
- 2
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- emojis
- in your head
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- wolf.river.kite.57
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 3
- tiger#vine#seed#20
- 14
- 14
- CloudFernBoat19
- has a name or year
- 12
- gold#pearl#kite#25
- nest.kite.river.79
- BrickToastPlum84
- Drum.Lotus.Chai22
- tiger@lamp@lotus@80
- strong
- has a name or year
- tent#river#chai#38
- 3
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- strong
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