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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2010 (b) Leaf@Mango@Moon89
- 2.🔐 Is “welcome38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “lotus.drum.moon.88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Frog#2008 (b) Tiger.Hill.Plum34
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “cornchaiboat56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Drum_14 (b) Cloud.Corn.Vine23
- 9.🔐 “Tara!Sand!64” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Sand_Ship_Lake43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#27 (b) Neem@Tent@Corn14
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Drum!Fern49 (b) Kabir2017
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum#tent#gold#87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Nest@2016 (b) pearl@river@pond@72
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Neem@47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest@mango@fern@65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Fern.21” 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
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 20.🔐 Is “Seed.Boat.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Meera@Bell@34” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “password36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password79 (b) LotusRiverPond40
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2010 (b) moon!sand!bell!76
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Kite54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Pond-Brick35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Saanvi@Corn@75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 29.🔐 “Tara_Pond_53” 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
- 30.🔐 “shelllotusmango58” 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 “Chai#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Tara_Ship_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Lotus#Lamp16 (b) lotuspearlriver24
- 34.🔐 “lotushillnest27” 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
- 35.🔐 “Admin.Kite51” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “boat-brick-ship-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 38.🔐 “Ship-Lake-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
- 39.🔐 “Arjun.Seed.41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔐 “Shell-Gold-2009” 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
Answer key
- Leaf@Mango@Moon89
- weak
- weak
- 7
- strong
- Tiger.Hill.Plum34
- 14
- Cloud.Corn.Vine23
- has a name or year
- strong
- Neem@Tent@Corn14
- Kite!Drum!Fern49
- 3
- pearl@river@pond@72
- others can guess it
- 13
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 10
- LotusRiverPond40
- moon!sand!bell!76
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- risky
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- Mango#Lotus#Lamp16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- strong
- in your head
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
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