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) Kite#Vine#Tent39 (b) Arjun#Wheel#79
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “drumwolfship36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou18 (b) wheel@river@tiger@44
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou16 (b) ChaiRainLeaf71
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “vinelotusfrog68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 10.🔐 Is “Vine_Kite_Seed84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password43 (b) Vine-Seed-Boat19
- 12.🔐 “Pond-18” 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
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 14.🔐 “dustwolfpearlriver” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “tenthillbrick61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Boat18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “wheelfrogdrum43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Dust73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Meera2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “LakePondKite43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “frog#corn#hill#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2018 (b) Lake.Drum.Leaf22
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Sand#13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Kite-River57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Arjun#Rain#66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!Fern!60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “River.Boat.2008” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Wolf!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tenttigerboat61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “BellShipLamp21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “mangobricklotuslamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudPearlVine48 (b) neemkitetigertent
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “kitewolfdrum51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lake87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest_bell_wolf_89 (b) Diya#Kite#54
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Frog!23 (b) TigerPearlChai28
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillbrickshiptiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Kite#Vine#Tent39
- 9
- 14
- 12
- wheel@river@tiger@44
- ChaiRainLeaf71
- others can guess it
- 15
- 3
- strong
- Vine-Seed-Boat19
- shorter than 12
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- strong
- 17
- 8
- Lake.Drum.Leaf22
- 4
- 18
- has a name or year
- 13
- has a name or year
- 9
- weak
- 2
- strong
- 19
- CloudPearlVine48
- 14
- weak
- nest_bell_wolf_89
- TigerPearlChai28
- 1
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