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.🔐 “Kite_18” 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
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 3.🔐 Is “Toast.Dust.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Drum-Lotus61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentvinepearl39 (b) toast#plum#leaf#68
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Rain!Hill79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 8.🔐 Is “pond.tiger.dust.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “plumlotusmango32” 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
- 10.🔐 “Pearl.Gold.2018” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-Sand-Moon33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!Hill!Seed12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold@Lamp@Dust22 (b) password58
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornHillShell28 (b) sandnestfern35
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondHillDust26 (b) Meera2013
- 16.🔐 Is “corn.sand.neem.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “wheel_lake_frog_49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Shell55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@Bell@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Nest#82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonMangoChai85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 24.🔐 Is “shell.boat.leaf.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf#corn#pearl#19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “dust-toast-tiger-11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Wolf!Plum!Lamp54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “LotusToastLake85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Lamp@15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_27 (b) Drum-Ship-Mango73
- 31.🔐 “neembellboat26” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Cloud-Pond34 (b) Mango!Sand!2010
- 33.🔐 “Ananya!Seed!41” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainVineKite86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Tiger31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_Neem_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Frog.72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuscornshipboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- weak
- 18
- toast#plum#leaf#68
- 17
- risky
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 16
- 16
- Gold@Lamp@Dust22
- CornHillShell28
- PondHillDust26
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 14
- 4
- 14
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- 18
- 19
- strong
- strong
- 13
- Drum-Ship-Mango73
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Brick-Cloud-Pond34
- has a name or year
- 3
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 12
- 10
- 1
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