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) Lamp@Boat@Pearl45 (b) Diya!Shell!24
- 2.🔐 “cloudchaitiger27” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillNeemBrick51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Pearl-Bell85 (b) Vihaan2009
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentboatleaf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteRiverLotus78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldShellMango12 (b) iloveyou41
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellNeemFern88 (b) Drum@12
- 10.🔐 Is “DustSeedChai21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Ship#23” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “gold.vine.toast.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Cloud#2008 (b) fern_river_brick_56
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Fern52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 16.🔐 “Wolf@12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogcorncloudtent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Moon#River#2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.frog.river.70 (b) Ananya.Drum.48
- 22.🔐 “Tiger-Drum-2010” 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
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 24.🔐 Is “Cloud#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Tent-Wolf38 (b) Rohan_Pearl_44
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Bell#Pearl#2011” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “cornnestsandtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belllamprivergold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “TentChaiBrick22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfbelllamp25 (b) MoonMangoShip17
- 34.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “pondshellfrognest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔐 Is “Mango-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Dust.62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “River_Sand_Nest48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Rain_Nest78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Bell66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Lamp@Boat@Pearl45
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- Pond-Pearl-Bell85
- 2
- 3
- GoldShellMango12
- 3
- ShellNeemFern88
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fern_river_brick_56
- 4
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- in your head
- 1
- has a name or year
- plum.frog.river.70
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- Chai-Tent-Wolf38
- 8
- 7
- has a name or year
- weak
- 1
- strong
- 7
- MoonMangoShip17
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- strong
- 4
- 15
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