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) NeemShipPlum65 (b) hillpondlotuswolf
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Sand-45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp!Bell!2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Brick#35” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Diya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Seed@14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) ChaiFrogSand55
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “ponddustriver36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickCloudSand60 (b) Kite.82
- 11.🔐 “cloudpondgoldseed” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Rain#25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Leaf53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Hill@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-seed-wheel-79 (b) Corn_Dust_2016
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudseedmoon15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Welcome_Kite33” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “rainriverlamp69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Wheel@Lake@Moon46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 21.🔐 “frogcloudship79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “toasttigerplumcloud” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogkitepearl52 (b) Kite.Neem.Lotus81
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 26.🔐 Is “goldmangocloud26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 28.🔐 “Hill_Nest_2008” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “kitewolfcloud33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “leaffernbell32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_lamp_ship_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Mango#Gold29 (b) qwerty20
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_River68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “bricknestriversand” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Lake#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Diya.Sand.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Leaf@River@Frog85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Rain@84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Nest37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- NeemShipPlum65
- 4
- 14
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 4
- ChaiFrogSand55
- risky
- 15
- BrickCloudSand60
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- 4
- 15
- drum-seed-wheel-79
- 15
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Kite.Neem.Lotus81
- in your head
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- 15
- 14
- 18
- Ship#Mango#Gold29
- 4
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 4
- weak
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