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.🔐 Is “Seed@Toast@Wolf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “seedshellsand61” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Kite!Sand!Tent70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Kite_73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Wheel-Moon56 (b) neemmangocornrain
- 6.🔐 Is “Aarav_Dust_80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Gold@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitepearlchailamp (b) kite_pond_seed_30
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Pearl_Tent60 (b) Aarav2018
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Corn50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Boat89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “seedplumlake50” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Wolf-River-Fern86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogToastMango31 (b) shellgoldboat67
- 17.🔐 “Mango-Wolf-2015” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Wheel.13 (b) Mango_Boat_Vine40
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-rain-seed-32 (b) Kabir_Cloud_41
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 23.🔐 Is “LakeCornNeem89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Kite#60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Kite!34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#Gold#Chai62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Pearl_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerboatkitegold (b) pearl-kite-lotus-34
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.Corn.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestdusthillmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_Cloud_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Arjun!Wheel!84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “gold!moon!pond!77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampRiverDust27 (b) password48
- 35.🔐 Is “qwerty29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Boat!Brick!Frog56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Kite16 (b) Cloud#Boat#Gold18
- 38.🔐 Is “Vihaan#Kite#79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “MangoDustTiger10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Admin-Vine11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
Answer key
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 14
- River-Wheel-Moon56
- weak
- 3
- 4
- kite_pond_seed_30
- Dust_Pearl_Tent60
- 15
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- FrogToastMango31
- has a name or year
- Mango_Boat_Vine40
- emojis
- risky
- ship-rain-seed-32
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 16
- 4
- pearl-kite-lotus-34
- 15
- 1
- 4
- has a name or year
- 17
- LampRiverDust27
- weak
- strong
- Cloud#Boat#Gold18
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
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