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) CornNeemSeed64 (b) chaileafpond86
- 2.🔐 Is “nest.ship.plum.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “dustfernsand24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@Tiger@Shell79 (b) Password!Seed47
- 5.🔐 Is “Ananya.Leaf.49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumDrumShell65 (b) dustgoldriver78
- 7.🔐 “Dust.Rain.2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 “Kite#61” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-pond-pearl-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “DrumBrickNeem58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai_Plum_Neem22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumWolfTent59 (b) Password!Tent26
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Kite21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “nestchaiseed53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “SandMangoRiver34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai.Seed.Cloud70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein79 (b) brick!seed!wheel!16
- 18.🔐 “Password-Tent21” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillbrickgoldlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Ship.40” 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
- 21.🔐 “Password-Pearl50” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-51 (b) WheelChaiTiger15
- 23.🔐 Is “Leaf#Tent#Neem41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemCloudKite12 (b) Moon@Fern@2009
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2018 (b) frog_plum_leaf_13
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#57 (b) Cloud.Fern.Pearl43
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “password73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Frog.Gold43 (b) Rain@12
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 31.🗝️ 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Ship!33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “shellcloudbrick87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Kite.Vine31 (b) Kabir_River_73
- 35.🔐 “vinepearltigerfern” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Corn40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 38.🔐 Is “fernshelltoast53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Shell-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein70 (b) DrumToastShip18
Answer key
- CornNeemSeed64
- strong
- 14
- Vine@Tiger@Shell79
- weak
- PlumDrumShell65
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 19
- strong
- 4
- PlumWolfTent59
- 4
- 14
- 16
- 4
- brick!seed!wheel!16
- has a common word
- 1
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- WheelChaiTiger15
- strong
- NeemCloudKite12
- frog_plum_leaf_13
- Cloud.Fern.Pearl43
- 4
- weak
- Wheel.Frog.Gold43
- 3
- in your head
- 4
- weak
- Gold.Kite.Vine31
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- weak
- DrumToastShip18
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