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) Letmein_Chai83 (b) TigerShipLeaf20
- 2.🔐 Is “wheelbellpondshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusleafmangodrum (b) Pearl!Vine!Tiger69
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Meera#Nest#60” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “hillplumfrog53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “MangoLampNeem12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Frog20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Diya.Lake.58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 13.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Fern65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerSeedLotus34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “admin15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Sand.Mango51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Corn_78 (b) Drum-Rain-Leaf70
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusTentNest89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “frogcloudfernshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaflakenest35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “welcome40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.50 (b) Rain.Toast.Sand56
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Vine!Lamp14 (b) Vihaan2012
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-28 (b) MoonKitePearl26
- 27.🔐 “Welcome#Cloud26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 28.🔐 “Iloveyou.Pearl59” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “shellcornhill27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusPearlSeed27 (b) neemcloudmangosand
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “fern!shell!lake!40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Fern41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Pond!Kite!Toast63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Dust-Neem72 (b) rainsandkiteseed
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillsandlakeplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfSandGold28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Frog-51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Vihaan#Seed#18” 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
Answer key
- TigerShipLeaf20
- weak
- Pearl!Vine!Tiger69
- 4
- 8
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- emojis
- 13
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 3
- weak
- 10
- 18
- Drum-Rain-Leaf70
- 3
- weak
- 2
- weak
- Rain.Toast.Sand56
- Sand!Vine!Lamp14
- MoonKitePearl26
- has a common word
- has a common word
- 10
- weak
- LotusPearlSeed27
- 18
- 14
- strong
- Seed-Dust-Neem72
- 1
- 14
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
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