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 “sandmangopearl61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “lakewheelshellneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Corn80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara!Seed!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “nestbrickcorn67” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “moonfernseedgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Mango!15 (b) TigerSandCloud39
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 9.🔐 Is “Lamp@12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 11.🔐 Is “qwerty13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “CornHillChai57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornchairain77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Fern#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein60 (b) corn.shell.rain.43
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Ship.Pond65 (b) Rain.32
- 20.🔐 “Kabir_Tiger_71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Fern#Plum78 (b) Saanvi2013
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “toast#plum#sand#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedMoonPearl70 (b) Qwerty_Neem43
- 24.🔐 Is “BellNeemSeed68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Seed@14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigermangolotusleaf (b) Corn!Sand!Cloud82
- 27.🔐 “Leaf.River.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “lampboatriver10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Neem#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel!Hill!2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBoatPlum69 (b) Hill#Bell#2017
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellplumbricklamp (b) KiteRainToast27
- 36.🔐 Is “Admin#Tiger37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “LampBoatPlum42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Seed_Boat16 (b) vinebrickfrog41
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- TigerSandCloud39
- 12
- weak
- risky
- weak
- strong
- 2
- 4
- 10
- 10
- 3
- corn.shell.rain.43
- Cloud.Ship.Pond65
- has a name or year
- Tent#Fern#Plum78
- 18
- SeedMoonPearl70
- strong
- 4
- Corn!Sand!Cloud82
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 15
- 4
- 4
- VineBoatPlum69
- in your head
- others can guess it
- KiteRainToast27
- weak
- strong
- Lamp_Seed_Boat16
- 2
- 4
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