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 kinds of characters does “Hill.22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornlotuslakelamp (b) drum#toast#tiger#72
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf@boat@ship@60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Lake40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “frogwolfdrum30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “boatkitewolftiger” 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.🔐 “Admin_Cloud31” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Gold71 (b) Drum.Pond.Sand72
- 14.🔐 Is “LampCornRain71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Toast.Tent.2016” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Chai54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite_Toast_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya-River-24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Boat78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf@rain@wolf@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine_leaf_rain_67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “dust#lamp#seed#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “kitewheelshipmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “shell!corn!moon!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “welcome20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Seed@Leaf@Tent66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-lotus-bell-62 (b) froglakelotusneem
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfmoondust64 (b) FernNeemTiger46
- 30.🔐 “Pearl@Plum@2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Mango.Fern36 (b) tentcloudbrick43
- 32.🔐 “mangolakedustlamp” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Mango_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogsandbrick47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Sand75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “fernchaipond10” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Gold@14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Mango-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Arjun_Mango_11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- drum#toast#tiger#72
- risky
- 12
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 14
- in your head
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- Drum.Pond.Sand72
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 3
- strong
- 18
- strong
- weak
- strong
- leaf-lotus-bell-62
- 8
- FernNeemTiger46
- has a name or year
- Vine.Mango.Fern36
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 16
- weak
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