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 “Iloveyou@Neem89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus.wheel.gold.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi#Lamp#12 (b) Cloud@Rain@Mango20
- 4.🔐 “cornhillseed44” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Lamp@Seed@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Kite16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Ananya-Dust-40” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “PlumLeafLotus63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Fern.84” 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
- 10.🔐 “Letmein!Wolf75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitemoonvine58 (b) cloud_lamp_rain_13
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafbrickdust68 (b) Moon.Fern.Mango41
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumhillleaf28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Nisha@Brick@69” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogRiverKite49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Shell25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “lotustoastbell25” 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
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 19.🔐 “Iloveyou!Seed38” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Rain-Sand35 (b) chaitigershippond
- 21.🔐 “Vine.22” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerDustLeaf35 (b) Admin!Neem52
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai#Dust#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “kitecloudshell34” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Sand-2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemdustbrick18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “shelldrumdust80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.tiger.mango.87 (b) welcome19
- 30.🔐 Is “Kite!47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 32.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Nest74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafPlumVine79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 35.🔐 “Fern-66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Dust70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “admin54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “tent-lamp-pearl-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Bell!Vine16 (b) Qwerty.Lake19
- 40.🔐 Is “Plum_Seed_Pearl19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 15
- 19
- Cloud@Rain@Mango20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- cloud_lamp_rain_13
- Moon.Fern.Mango41
- 2
- has a name or year
- 15
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- has a common word
- Pearl-Rain-Sand35
- shorter than 12
- TigerDustLeaf35
- emojis
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 2
- 15
- kite.tiger.mango.87
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 3
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 7
- strong
- Wolf!Bell!Vine16
- strong
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