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 “Brick.Bell.Tent86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Dust@Pond68 (b) Iloveyou#Chai64
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickleafkite26 (b) hill.tiger.pearl.71
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfCloudCorn24 (b) Hill#74
- 6.🔐 Is “SandKiteWolf44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipToastChai66 (b) Tara2017
- 8.🔐 Is “mango.plum.tent.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.River.Neem87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.pond.river.75 (b) Ananya2012
- 11.🔐 Is “hilltigershell56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Leaf.River19 (b) Meera2013
- 13.🔐 Is “corn_seed_river_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🗝️ 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
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillpearlriverdrum (b) PondRainKite13
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillpondshiptent (b) FernLotusLamp24
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome47 (b) shell#chai#pearl#78
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed@neem@cloud@36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Welcome_Rain23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumNeemRain29 (b) fernriverneem65
- 22.🔐 Is “Ishaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “BrickToastDrum53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Pearl@Leaf@2010” 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
- 26.🔐 “Ship!33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Vine_2011 (b) lamp.kite.neem.27
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumchaiplumtent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Tiger@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Pearl64 (b) KiteWheelShip29
- 32.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipWolfDust15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Chai-Nest87 (b) Ishaan_Rain_75
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-bell-plum-21 (b) Lamp#82
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “MangoRiverNeem82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Qwerty_Mango80” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “drumfrogwheellamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- 9
- Wolf@Dust@Pond68
- hill.tiger.pearl.71
- WolfCloudCorn24
- strong
- ShipToastChai66
- strong
- 18
- mango.pond.river.75
- weak
- Hill.Leaf.River19
- strong
- in your head
- emojis
- PondRainKite13
- FernLotusLamp24
- shell#chai#pearl#78
- 3
- weak
- DrumNeemRain29
- weak
- strong
- 2
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 12
- lamp.kite.neem.27
- 1
- 15
- KiteWheelShip29
- weak
- 3
- Kite-Chai-Nest87
- 4
- fern-bell-plum-21
- 9
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
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