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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 2.🗝️ 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Chai_47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Password-Chai24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivershipshellwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangohilldrumship (b) kite!rain!pond!79
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tent.drum.neem.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@lake@lamp@53 (b) Diya-Chai-58
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “corndrumwheel82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Dust49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Drum12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!tent!cloud!63 (b) Rohan2009
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentLampFrog20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 19.🔐 “Cloud_Pond_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Lotus.71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Corn.Gold58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2009 (b) MangoTentSand76
- 23.🔐 “Aarav@Drum@20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteDrumWheel14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Tara.Vine.78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmangohillwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Gold!12” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Neem-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “cloudneemnestlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#corn#lamp#27 (b) Ishaan2013
- 32.🔐 “frogneemmoonplum” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Seed@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Neem_Tiger_2009” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “lakeshellbricklamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Tiger@Rain@Pearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Tiger!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Lake-Brick77 (b) Diya_Tent_69
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “sand@moon@chai@48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Leaf!2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- in your head
- 4
- has a common word
- 1
- kite!rain!pond!79
- 17
- 8
- plum@lake@lamp@53
- 15
- 4
- weak
- 12
- 9
- chai!tent!cloud!63
- 3
- 3
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- 16
- MangoTentSand76
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- risky
- 18
- shorter than 12
- 14
- weak
- rain#corn#lamp#27
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- weak
- Toast-Lake-Brick77
- 17
- 4
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