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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Tiger54 (b) neem-chai-drum-76
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemriverbrickship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Corn.32” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Lotus-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 7.🔐 Is “LakeBellRiver43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “wolf#wheel#toast#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Password@Bell73” 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
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 11.🔐 Is “drumkiteplumwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River#Ship#Frog51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “hill_toast_river_12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Moon#22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔐 Is “DrumKiteBell39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl!rain!bell!58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Ship#68” 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.🗝️ 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipWolfRain70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Shell.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#tiger#seed#79 (b) ferncloudneemseed
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatTentRiver58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Saanvi.Mango.30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 Is “kitedustshellleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Arjun-Lamp-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Lotus!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Moon.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Hill@50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 Is “brick!toast!ship!31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “bricklakehillfrog” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “seed_pond_chai_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Kite#65” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “moon_sand_drum_87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernmangorainfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou72 (b) FrogKiteCloud21
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome31 (b) MangoBellLeaf62
- 40.🔐 Is “Ishaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- neem-chai-drum-76
- 1
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 12
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 3
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- 3
- 15
- drum#tiger#seed#79
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 15
- 13
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 9
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 1
- FrogKiteCloud21
- MangoBellLeaf62
- weak
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