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 “kite.plum.toast.31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Kabir!Tiger!69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔐 Is “qwerty59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Lotus.Moon76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Gold@Chai@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Lake.Vine17 (b) Saanvi#Drum#30
- 7.🔐 “River!32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Rain#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “DrumRainLamp79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Iloveyou_Toast19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Gold32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Aarav#Wheel#76” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Boat#2009 (b) frog#rain#plum#41
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty69 (b) corn-hill-wolf-12
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.neem.lamp.11 (b) Iloveyou#Mango79
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin89 (b) Moon-Mango-Wolf55
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 23.🔐 “Toast-56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2014 (b) Cloud.Drum.Moon10
- 25.🔐 “plumshipneem10” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Drum@Seed10 (b) Qwerty-Shell85
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumfrogtigerlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampgoldbell10 (b) Boat-Plum-Hill59
- 30.🔐 “drumwheelfrogcloud” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “qwerty82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemLeafBell69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Hill-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
- 34.🔐 Is “Frog.Sand.Hill63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellPlumRiver31 (b) rainpondwolfshell
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#Fern#15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Brick78 (b) mango@leaf@seed@54
- 38.🔐 “Neem#81” 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
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus#nest#hill#64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 18
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- Ship.Lake.Vine17
- shorter than 12
- 15
- strong
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- frog#rain#plum#41
- corn-hill-wolf-12
- 12
- leaf.neem.lamp.11
- 7
- 3
- Moon-Mango-Wolf55
- 7
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- Cloud.Drum.Moon10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- Rain@Drum@Seed10
- 1
- Boat-Plum-Hill59
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- strong
- BellPlumRiver31
- 14
- mango@leaf@seed@54
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- 3
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