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.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@Chai@Hill49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Shell@Tent@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Neem#54” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “PondDrumMango81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 7.🔐 Is “lotustoastdustriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverwolfplum16 (b) boat.tiger.fern.10
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinerivernestlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “ferncloudmangokite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!Shell!Gold16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Rain.Dust.Moon70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “neemgoldboatlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustnestpondrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-Seed-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Nisha@Hill@22” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Wolf35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “kite#sand#leaf#25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@63 (b) Nest-Cloud-Tiger49
- 21.🔐 “Kite@16” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent@Vine@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@ship@neem@41 (b) Vihaan2009
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemchaiwheelcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “nest.lamp.gold.13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “Brick-35” 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
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 28.🔐 “Diya#Wolf#32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty10 (b) BoatMoonLotus39
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@87 (b) Lake@Sand@Corn11
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 33.🔐 Is “welcome75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-drum-corn-46 (b) Ananya2010
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum#Bell#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Mango-35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Is “Tiger_60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “Rain.22” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “goldfernchaimango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelRiverShip75 (b) letmein57
Answer key
- 17
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- boat.tiger.fern.10
- 1
- weak
- 4
- strong
- weak
- 1
- 14
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- Nest-Cloud-Tiger49
- shorter than 12
- 14
- brick@ship@neem@41
- 1
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
- has a name or year
- BoatMoonLotus39
- Lake@Sand@Corn11
- 3
- emojis
- weak
- dust-drum-corn-46
- 14
- shorter than 12
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 17
- WheelRiverShip75
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