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 “Saanvi2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Vine_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Bell-Gold29 (b) Rohan-Hill-43
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellplumchai16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “KiteLakeLeaf58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Password!Lotus29” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome79 (b) Leaf.Gold.Pond52
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlakeshellleaf (b) LotusKiteShip51
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.wolf.seed.33 (b) Seed@Vine@2017
- 11.🔐 Is “welcome34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoCloudSand84 (b) Shell.Fern.2010
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 14.🔐 Is “cloudrainsandnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Tent.Bell26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya.Cloud.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty27 (b) NestLakeFrog34
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Mango.Frog54 (b) Password-Lotus38
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Rain43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “fernwheelseed20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelBrickCloud66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Brick.16” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcloudhillriver (b) sand.pond.tent.75
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineFernRain58 (b) password22
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 31.🔐 Is “Toast.Bell.Sand28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandSeedHill29 (b) pearlbrickkite12
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud.wheel.neem.58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedNestWolf67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “sandhillfrogcorn” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondleaftoast89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “PondSandShip48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Vine_54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 12
- Toast-Bell-Gold29
- 2
- strong
- has a common word
- 3
- Leaf.Gold.Pond52
- LotusKiteShip51
- corn.wolf.seed.33
- weak
- MangoCloudSand84
- emojis
- weak
- 4
- 4
- risky
- weak
- NestLakeFrog34
- Shell.Mango.Frog54
- 14
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- sand.pond.tent.75
- 12
- 3
- others can guess it
- VineFernRain58
- in your head
- strong
- SandSeedHill29
- 3
- 14
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- 10
- 4
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