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 “admin26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeRainSand72 (b) Iloveyou_Lamp62
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusnestkitetiger (b) Dust-Toast-Sand48
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_69 (b) brick_leaf_moon_41
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “kitesandfrogbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Tent-48” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest!Sand!Vine51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Rohan-Shell-49” 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
- 9.🔐 “Tara!Gold!78” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-frog-cloud-71 (b) Aarav_Ship_16
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.24 (b) lake-gold-mango-50
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum@chai@gold@28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-lamp-lotus-79 (b) Password_Brick49
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaibellkitelotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerLeafWolf70 (b) seedpearlship67
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlamptent37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Meera2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!62 (b) Leaf_Wheel_Ship59
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Nest_Plum61 (b) Letmein@Corn76
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “goldferndrum31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill@tent@chai@31 (b) Drum#Cloud#2017
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!87 (b) mango@drum@lotus@65
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Tent@2013 (b) Moon-Dust-River48
- 27.🔐 “riverwolffrogdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “admin32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#lamp#mango#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “RiverToastTiger25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Dust!Nest74 (b) admin42
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell-Plum-Frog28 (b) Password-Fern88
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoleafvine88 (b) Ship-Gold-Mango88
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Pearl.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Lake!Lamp77 (b) fernmangosandfrog
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentleaftigerpearl (b) Pond#Sand#Chai20
- 40.🔐 Is “riverwolftoastcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 2
- LakeRainSand72
- Dust-Toast-Sand48
- brick_leaf_moon_41
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 16
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- toast-frog-cloud-71
- in your head
- lake-gold-mango-50
- 3
- frog-lamp-lotus-79
- 3
- 1
- TigerLeafWolf70
- 14
- weak
- Leaf_Wheel_Ship59
- risky
- Corn_Nest_Plum61
- 14
- hill@tent@chai@31
- mango@drum@lotus@65
- Moon-Dust-River48
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 19
- strong
- Seed!Dust!Nest74
- 7
- Bell-Plum-Frog28
- 7
- Ship-Gold-Mango88
- emojis
- 15
- Frog!Lake!Lamp77
- Pond#Sand#Chai20
- weak
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