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.🔐 Is “Gold@87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandkiteplum26 (b) TigerRiverSeed54
- 3.🔐 Is “Nisha#Rain#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya_Plum_85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite#corn#wheel#46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfPondCloud33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoLotusKite70 (b) Rohan-Pond-11
- 9.🔐 “Ship.49” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Vine!Pond83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “cloudcorntent53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Nisha!Drum!87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Dust@Sand34 (b) Pearl!Leaf!2011
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Mango87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Fern_Lamp_2010” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Pond@24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumlampmango80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainMoonChai86 (b) Nest-Pearl-2011
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha@Vine@41 (b) Drum.Lamp.Dust69
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangowheelrain54 (b) GoldRiverNest20
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2008 (b) TentMangoPearl33
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou_Neem31” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Sand!Vine!Tiger36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Plum-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Frog#Kite#Nest37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@36 (b) Gold_Dust_Lake10
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “ship.kite.lamp.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pondlakeplumchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Admin!Corn17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_River_Lamp86 (b) Lotus_Plum_2014
- 35.🔐 Is “Lotus_Nest_Pond27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 38.🔐 Is “TentRainWheel33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#Neem#Mango16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “goldwheelhillpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- TigerRiverSeed54
- weak
- 14
- 3
- 3
- 15
- MangoLotusKite70
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- weak
- Kite@Dust@Sand34
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- others can guess it
- 3
- 2
- RainMoonChai86
- Drum.Lamp.Dust69
- GoldRiverNest20
- TentMangoPearl33
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- strong
- Gold_Dust_Lake10
- 12
- 17
- 16
- weak
- risky
- Moon_River_Lamp86
- strong
- 4
- in your head
- strong
- 17
- weak
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