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 “LakeLotusCloud47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#neem#toast#20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Admin.Sand28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon!seed!drum!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “tentmoondustshell” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty57 (b) neem-gold-boat-27
- 7.🔐 Is “Nisha.Leaf.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 9.🔐 “Letmein.Tent73” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Seed@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Chai!12” 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
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillLakeLotus79 (b) Lake_66
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Rain#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!15 (b) chai.lake.vine.48
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “vinechaishell43” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “HillBellLake67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “riverdustsandlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “frogcloudchai21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverPearlBoat33 (b) tigerboatbellrain
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#tiger#pearl#26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship!Tent!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Vine.Bell14 (b) Arjun#Tiger#45
- 28.🔐 “drumrainshellsand” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Boat@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Shell#Vine#Gold72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-84 (b) sand#nest#chai#73
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Frog-49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 36.🔐 “Neem#Wheel#2015” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Pearl!2018 (b) Toast#Boat#Rain35
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “plum_hill_pond_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Aarav_Ship_25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Is “gold_tent_ship_74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- neem-gold-boat-27
- weak
- in your head
- has a common word
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 3
- HillLakeLotus79
- 4
- chai.lake.vine.48
- 12
- 8
- 4
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- weak
- RiverPearlBoat33
- 20
- 14
- Boat.Vine.Bell14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- strong
- others can guess it
- sand#nest#chai#73
- 4
- emojis
- has a name or year
- Toast#Boat#Rain35
- 17
- has a name or year
- strong
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