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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!neem!river!59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornleafsand66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “qwerty32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainplumlake49 (b) LeafVinePearl86
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@56 (b) Wolf.Corn.Sand34
- 10.🔐 “Mango#58” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “boat!lotus!cloud!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “sand#neem#pearl#44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumgoldbelltoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@85 (b) Seed!Leaf!Lake22
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Pond52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Tent72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Pond-Neem-Lake17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlotusshipmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2011 (b) TentChaiShell51
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “TentNestNeem53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Ishaan_Frog_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Dust80 (b) Pond.Brick.Nest82
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty57 (b) Wheel.Shell.Drum29
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 28.🔐 Is “frogdrumfern64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “admin57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “sand!corn!gold!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Rain-Brick43 (b) Diya2010
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog!ship!corn!57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “wheelvinemoon70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “shipboatplum34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship#wheel#toast#36 (b) Meera2011
- 37.🔐 “Nisha.Boat.23” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “river_wolf_moon_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Corn@Plum59 (b) welcome68
- 40.🔐 Is “MoonShipDust20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 12
- 18
- 2
- 8
- weak
- LeafVinePearl86
- 3
- 3
- Wolf.Corn.Sand34
- shorter than 12
- strong
- others can guess it
- 18
- 1
- Seed!Leaf!Lake22
- emojis
- 13
- 4
- strong
- 17
- TentChaiShell51
- 14
- weak
- 7
- Pond.Brick.Nest82
- Wheel.Shell.Drum29
- in your head
- weak
- weak
- 9
- 17
- Hill-Rain-Brick43
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ship#wheel#toast#36
- has a name or year
- 18
- Leaf@Corn@Plum59
- strong
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