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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Iloveyou.Nest65” 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
- 4.🔐 “wolfgoldcorndust” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Dust!Wheel!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Rohan.Rain.67” 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
- 7.🔐 “drummoonneem82” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon!toast!fern!22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Cloud-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Boat-21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Corn44 (b) Lotus!Neem!Hill25
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerdustdrum34 (b) Tiger_Sand_Moon30
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemToastHill56 (b) neemtigergoldtoast
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “brickgoldtigerriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi#Pond#62 (b) FernHillMango27
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Toast83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “drummangoseed62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Chai-Dust16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Lamp@Drum42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “MoonGoldKite83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “lake.moon.neem.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Plum16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustRiverSand82 (b) kiteplumcornhill
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Leaf@Fern76 (b) cloudsandhillwheel
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome15 (b) Gold@Leaf@Fern15
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “lamptentwolf39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Seed#49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Wolf@Moon24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “River_Pearl_Kite20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Wolf-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “wheelshellcloud85” 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.🔐 “neemshellship87” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Leaf!Shell41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Welcome#Nest33” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernnestbell38 (b) Toast#Bell#Rain47
Answer key
- in your head
- 9
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- weak
- Lotus!Neem!Hill25
- Tiger_Sand_Moon30
- NeemToastHill56
- 19
- FernHillMango27
- 14
- weak
- 17
- 16
- strong
- strong
- 12
- DustRiverSand82
- Sand@Leaf@Fern76
- Gold@Leaf@Fern15
- 14
- 12
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 13
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- has a common word
- 10
- emojis
- Toast#Bell#Rain47
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