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.🔐 Is “Drum.Plum.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#Gold#Lamp61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Neem#Tiger25 (b) Letmein-Seed20
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2008 (b) LotusCornSand89
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 6.🔐 “Kabir.Plum.27” 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
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@Plum@Leaf27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumBoatFrog34 (b) Tara2008
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Lamp.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Frog-29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password85 (b) PlumShipNest16
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Gold@Frog@Brick84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “SeedDustMango79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Toast.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverVineTent55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “moonboatcloudtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain.sand.wolf.65 (b) Meera-Cloud-80
- 21.🔐 “lampmangonestdust” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeVineLamp40 (b) Pond.41
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Frog_Wolf16 (b) Wolf#Cloud#2013
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Toast32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Frog#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill!39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Nest#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Welcome#Kite62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Fern!Lake66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 31.🔐 Is “Shell!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Tara#Chai#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai@corn@sand@10 (b) Saanvi!Seed!23
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 36.🔐 “Sand!Frog!2013” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “rain#tent#seed#29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “wolf-toast-pond-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
Answer key
- weak
- 16
- Bell#Neem#Tiger25
- LotusCornSand89
- risky
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 4
- PlumBoatFrog34
- 4
- shorter than 12
- PlumShipNest16
- 7
- strong
- 3
- strong
- 15
- 3
- weak
- rain.sand.wolf.65
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LakeVineLamp40
- Corn_Frog_Wolf16
- 4
- 15
- 7
- weak
- has a common word
- 17
- 12
- weak
- 9
- weak
- chai@corn@sand@10
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 3
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