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 “Frog!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “Meera#Gold#61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandpearlcloudpond (b) Neem.Tent.Shell87
- 4.🔐 Is “Diya_Sand_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) drum_moon_seed_78
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Rain-River88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein65 (b) hill!chai!cloud!27
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#bell#mango#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#ship#brick#73 (b) boatkitelotuschai
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Dust!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@16 (b) leaf!dust!wolf!11
- 13.🔐 Is “Nest!Vine!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “sanddrumlotustent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🗝️ 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
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “plumdrumkitetoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya@Hill@67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Qwerty@Dust75” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.vine.toast.42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafcornfrogneem (b) vine@wolf@chai@84
- 23.🔐 “Nisha#Chai#79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔐 “shipkitelake49” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-vine-nest-78 (b) Rain@52
- 26.🔐 Is “BrickDrumChai73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Letmein@Rain28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 “Arjun_Gold_31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Lotus#34 (b) GoldLakeCloud25
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Corn.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Vine#Frog62 (b) Kabir.Toast.88
- 32.🔐 “Welcome!Mango60” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf!drum!pond!44 (b) Nisha.Lotus.24
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship_47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafPondLake57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya.Vine.76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Lake@Nest45 (b) Drum#53
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Shell@Plum77 (b) Aarav#Gold#57
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Kite@18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem-frog-gold-28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- has a name or year
- Neem.Tent.Shell87
- weak
- drum_moon_seed_78
- 17
- others can guess it
- hill!chai!cloud!27
- 3
- gold#ship#brick#73
- 13
- leaf!dust!wolf!11
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- emojis
- 17
- 8
- 4
- has a common word
- 3
- vine@wolf@chai@84
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- hill-vine-nest-78
- strong
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- GoldLakeCloud25
- 4
- Pond#Vine#Frog62
- has a common word
- wolf!drum!pond!44
- 4
- 3
- 4
- Neem@Lake@Nest45
- Corn@Shell@Plum77
- 14
- 3
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