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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 2.🔐 “shippearllotus53” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Nest#21” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-85 (b) Lotus.Boat.Tiger35
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Sand_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedWheelChai41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Kite#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “Moon#Ship#2008” 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
- 11.🔐 “Bell-Pearl-2009” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Cloud#79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Lake20 (b) Pond.Lamp.Lotus72
- 14.🔐 Is “gold.lotus.shell.12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “DrumChaiCloud43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Wheel!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Ship!Wolf!Lake42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornRainSand54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedDrumBrick89 (b) Tara2009
- 21.🔐 “chaiwheelvinemoon” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “corn-lotus-rain-30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “leafcorntoast88” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_Fern_Wolf79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Lamp33 (b) Fern#Cloud#Brick50
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2011 (b) wheel.kite.frog.73
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumPondFern55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou_Nest17” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “plumfrogcloudlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Kite!Bell68 (b) Ananya-Leaf-18
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password32 (b) Gold.Sand.Ship65
- 33.🔐 “Mango!Pearl!2011” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Bell.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Rain#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Lotus-46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampSeedShell31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverCloudVine17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlLeafDust62 (b) Meera@Wolf@32
- 40.🔐 Is “Sand@Gold@Toast38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- shorter than 12
- Lotus.Boat.Tiger35
- 13
- 3
- 12
- 15
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- Pond.Lamp.Lotus72
- strong
- strong
- 15
- strong
- 3
- 9
- SeedDrumBrick89
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- Fern#Cloud#Brick50
- wheel.kite.frog.73
- 3
- in your head
- has a common word
- 17
- River!Kite!Bell68
- Gold.Sand.Ship65
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- 15
- 3
- 3
- PearlLeafDust62
- strong
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