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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernWolfTent80 (b) Kabir2016
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Neem-89 (b) FernChaiMango19
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Ship@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Vine35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Lotus.Seed89 (b) Rohan2011
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain_lamp_sand_79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PondMoonCloud45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Neem!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Hill.Gold.Cloud82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Diya#Pearl#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Kite.Lotus87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Bell22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “Admin-Chai15” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “hillgoldshellboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Lamp@Fern@2011” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlMangoSeed88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river@boat@tiger@32 (b) Tara2010
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell#mango#ship#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “pondboattent23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Mango-46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “bellpondfernfrog” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “Password#Lamp12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Nest_63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-Dust-86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Corn16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Kabir@Drum@68” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@drum@cloud@87 (b) Kabir_Seed_88
- 37.🔐 Is “WheelToastMoon35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Lotus#Shell15 (b) Nisha2008
- 39.🔐 “Ship#33” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Fern48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- FernWolfTent80
- FernChaiMango19
- 14
- weak
- Fern.Lotus.Seed89
- emojis
- 8
- in your head
- 3
- 15
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 2
- weak
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- 16
- river@boat@tiger@32
- 3
- 14
- others can guess it
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- vine@drum@cloud@87
- strong
- Lake#Lotus#Shell15
- shorter than 12
- 4
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