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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatwheelfern79 (b) Neem@Seed@Mango52
- 2.🔐 Is “LeafDustBrick57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangovinepearl26 (b) FernBellKite81
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfmangocorncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “river-nest-chai-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Is “hill!mango!moon!35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!leaf!rain!78 (b) Arjun#Toast#21
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@mango@hill@82 (b) Fern@86
- 11.🔐 Is “CloudTigerCorn19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitefernneem10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp.toast.vine.80 (b) sandpondfern55
- 15.🔐 “Admin@Mango82” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Tiger76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “frogpondboatwheel” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent@Kite@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondplumneem47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Plum@Tent66 (b) Letmein#Brick45
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-fern-chai-34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Tiger.88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakewolfplumboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!Cloud!Frog61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 29.🔐 “Password-Mango56” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern!River!Vine76 (b) Vihaan#Bell#64
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Gold#84 (b) Lamp!Frog!Tent52
- 32.🔐 “vinehillbell10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan!Tiger!20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “lamptigerboat16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Arjun.Lotus.44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Tiger_Neem_Vine64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Neem@Seed@Mango52
- strong
- FernBellKite81
- 1
- in your head
- 18
- 12
- strong
- fern!leaf!rain!78
- lotus@mango@hill@82
- strong
- others can guess it
- 2
- lamp.toast.vine.80
- has a common word
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 2
- Corn@Plum@Tent66
- 17
- 4
- 1
- 4
- risky
- has a common word
- Fern!River!Vine76
- Lamp!Frog!Tent52
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- 9
- has a name or year
- 8
- strong
- 9
- 4
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