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 “leaf!tiger!chai!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Rohan@Mango@59” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Toast-Frog-Bell18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Kite42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfmangocornsand (b) Lake-Wolf-Toast40
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem#Toast#Cloud77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) Nest-Rain-Chai31
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “password13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “sandlakeplumdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “welcome87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun@Toast@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Pearl@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Lamp@River@Brick12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “dustkiteboatcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 18.🔐 “Aarav_Dust_11” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “froglakemango42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Admin!Neem74” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-Shell-Pearl53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “goldseedtiger55” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Lotus72 (b) wheel.river.rain.32
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.gold.pearl.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Lotus!Neem69 (b) Aarav2010
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) MoonTentToast62
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “vineraincloud57” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!Kite!Boat46 (b) Mango!Pond!2012
- 30.🔐 Is “frog#corn#kite#66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipmoonwheellamp (b) Shell!Frog!Gold16
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Lotus43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Shell!Boat!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Nisha@Nest@78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “rain#gold#vine#29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitetigership17 (b) Kite-Plum-Mango28
- 40.🔐 “lotuschaicloud10” 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
Answer key
- 18
- has a name or year
- strong
- 14
- Lake-Wolf-Toast40
- 4
- Nest-Rain-Chai31
- 3
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 14
- 3
- 13
- strong
- weak
- risky
- has a name or year
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wheel.river.rain.32
- 18
- Mango!Lotus!Neem69
- MoonTentToast62
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Shell!Kite!Boat46
- strong
- emojis
- Shell!Frog!Gold16
- in your head
- 7
- 15
- weak
- weak
- 17
- Kite-Plum-Mango28
- fewer than 3 kinds
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