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.🔐 “vineleaftiger74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “neem#cloud#lotus#25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Password#Dust34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Ishaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “kite-cloud-fern-42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Welcome@Chai34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellToastNeem23 (b) bellwheeltent64
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password22 (b) moon!lake!shell!84
- 10.🔐 Is “Welcome@Ship12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell-pond-brick-55 (b) bellbricklamp63
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Frog@19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “riverwheelhillmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Neem_Pond60 (b) Diya_Kite_31
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “lamptentcornchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Letmein.Neem62” 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
- 20.🔐 “Diya.Hill.20” 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) Boat#Rain#Moon57 (b) cloudleafkitetiger
- 22.🔐 Is “Bell_77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya!Wolf!38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Drum56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “lotus@vine@nest@36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf_drum_nest_15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “wolfclouddrum38” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonLeafLotus44 (b) hillfernriverpearl
- 30.🔐 “rainnestkiteship” 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
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 32.🔐 Is “DrumKiteMango52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “chaifrogwolfhill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake!Leaf!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 37.🔐 “vinekitetent69” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Wolf-87 (b) KiteBoatSeed40
- 39.🔐 Is “Lotus.19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampseedtigermoon (b) Dust-Lamp-Leaf85
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- weak
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
- 8
- ShellToastNeem23
- moon!lake!shell!84
- weak
- shell-pond-brick-55
- emojis
- 2
- weak
- weak
- 9
- Hill_Neem_Pond60
- 16
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- Boat#Rain#Moon57
- weak
- 4
- 2
- weak
- strong
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MoonLeafLotus44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- risky
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- KiteBoatSeed40
- weak
- Dust-Lamp-Leaf85
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