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) nestshipcorn87 (b) NeemPlumToast15
- 2.🔐 “wheelfrogplum72” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “brickshellferntoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 5.🔐 “Password-Rain88” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “Sand_Gold_Moon39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake_seed_vine_82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Kite_Lotus_Cloud53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus#pond#dust#79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Neem.Corn49 (b) Letmein!Corn41
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Plum12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Vihaan#Lotus#77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “dustnestlampchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Brick.2017 (b) Cloud.Ship.Seed28
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumShipWheel11 (b) Ishaan2016
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@bell@brick@32 (b) Ananya@Fern@43
- 19.🔐 Is “mango_lotus_vine_24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “Ship-Drum-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 22.🔐 Is “Lamp_Kite_Drum23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password65 (b) Hill!Boat!Pond80
- 24.🔐 Is “Lamp@68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Ship!Mango21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou86 (b) mango#plum#boat#66
- 30.🔐 “Gold-Lamp-2013” 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
- 31.🔐 “Ishaan!Mango!16” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogNestPearl86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernrivertoast67 (b) Hill-Cloud-Vine31
- 35.🔐 Is “rainbellgoldfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Chai#32” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumfrogwheelbrick (b) Toast-Leaf-Lamp49
- 38.🔐 Is “Toast.Pearl.Drum79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_tiger_rain_74 (b) Qwerty_Brick44
- 40.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lotus57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- NeemPlumToast15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- emojis
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- strong
- 18
- Moon.Neem.Corn49
- 14
- weak
- 2
- weak
- 12
- Cloud.Ship.Seed28
- DrumShipWheel11
- gold@bell@brick@32
- strong
- has a name or year
- risky
- strong
- Hill!Boat!Pond80
- weak
- 9
- 3
- in your head
- 18
- mango#plum#boat#66
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- Hill-Cloud-Vine31
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Toast-Leaf-Lamp49
- strong
- pond_tiger_rain_74
- weak
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