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) NestTentMango54 (b) admin30
- 2.🔐 “Password#Lamp11” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastSeedPlum65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Qwerty.Corn23” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Lotus80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “tent#frog#tiger#37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “shell@neem@rain@73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Drum21 (b) gold@river@lake@43
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiTentWolf53 (b) Arjun@Seed@55
- 11.🔐 “neemmangopearlseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty12 (b) Moon@Boat@Wheel79
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Mango82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “lampkitechaineem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlvinemangonest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty89” 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) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust_River_2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!Kite!River81 (b) plumfrogsandmango
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!shell!cloud!59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldfrogsandleaf (b) ChaiBellLamp60
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Dust.57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickgoldtoastdrum (b) tiger!hill!rain!82
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “password34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Kite_40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Vine.Gold29 (b) qwerty15
- 27.🔐 Is “plumshipdrum56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “dusthillvinecloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.river.sand.16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Dust-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_Tiger_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillNestGold77 (b) Fern_Brick_2010
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plumgoldfern21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Admin.Rain23” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatPlumBell15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Rain@34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai@lamp@rain@89 (b) Iloveyou!Lamp57
Answer key
- NestTentMango54
- has a common word
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
- 18
- strong
- gold@river@lake@43
- 12
- ChaiTentWolf53
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Moon@Boat@Wheel79
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Toast!Kite!River81
- 19
- ChaiBellLamp60
- 12
- tiger!hill!rain!82
- 10
- weak
- Corn.Vine.Gold29
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- 19
- 14
- 7
- 4
- HillNestGold77
- 14
- has a common word
- 14
- 12
- 3
- chai@lamp@rain@89
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