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 “plumshipmango57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.River42 (b) Nest@Vine@Mango22
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Moon.2017 (b) Bell#Frog#Pearl70
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickFrogKite28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 “Vihaan-Leaf-50” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “shell#river#boat#34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “admin30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein69 (b) tent.wheel.corn.25
- 13.🔐 Is “Nest!Boat!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Sand_Gold40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🗝️ 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Nest-15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain#kite#gold#48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2012 (b) MoonGoldTiger41
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumSeedFern49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “fernclouddrumtent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.Hill.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 23.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 25.🔐 Is “Nest@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Rain.Tiger.2009” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastcloudpond21 (b) Seed.Pond.Frog68
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldhillsand81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “river#lamp#fern#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakecorntent10 (b) Vine!Chai!Seed16
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Corn@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerFrogRain24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Welcome!Cloud53” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#Lamp#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) sand_boat_river_57
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedlotuscornneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat#wheel#corn#17 (b) Arjun2010
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Boat@Nest73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustMangoShip45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 2
- 3
- 3
- Nest@Vine@Mango22
- Bell#Frog#Pearl70
- 15
- 12
- has a name or year
- 19
- weak
- risky
- tent.wheel.corn.25
- weak
- 4
- in your head
- 4
- 3
- MoonGoldTiger41
- 14
- 17
- 14
- others can guess it
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- has a name or year
- Seed.Pond.Frog68
- 4
- 2
- strong
- Vine!Chai!Seed16
- 4
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
- sand_boat_river_57
- 1
- boat#wheel#corn#17
- 4
- 3
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