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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Drum35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “iloveyou41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Mango!Kite!Pearl31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “Nest!Drum!Dust50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastLakeTent28 (b) Diya@Plum@59
- 8.🔐 Is “MoonBoatHill39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “lotushillneem84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.38 (b) frog#vine#wheel#37
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelmoonbrick10 (b) chai.toast.fern.78
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogmoontentshell (b) Leaf-Lamp-Shell13
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Frog.Sand28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornrainhill17 (b) PondCornHill17
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverwolfvine40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustlakedrumbrick (b) NestKiteTent30
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Bell.Plum.2013” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!48 (b) Leaf@Dust@Neem78
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerriverkite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Mango.Lake.Dust29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!Rain!Sand17 (b) Ananya#Drum#55
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Moon!Wheel39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger#lamp#wheel#24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Pearl23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Corn@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatGoldDust70 (b) Kite_55
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastRiverLamp59 (b) nestlakemangowolf
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Letmein#Wheel79” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumDrumRain49 (b) Password.Cloud78
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumRainWheel70 (b) Vihaan.Lotus.49
- 39.🔐 Is “Gold_Wheel_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “VineDrumRain79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- risky
- 8
- 4
- weak
- strong
- strong
- ToastLakeTent28
- strong
- 8
- 15
- frog#vine#wheel#37
- chai.toast.fern.78
- 4
- Leaf-Lamp-Shell13
- 4
- 12
- PondCornHill17
- others can guess it
- 2
- NestKiteTent30
- emojis
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- Leaf@Dust@Neem78
- 16
- strong
- Vine!Rain!Sand17
- 18
- 3
- 16
- 14
- BoatGoldDust70
- ToastRiverLamp59
- 9
- has a common word
- PlumDrumRain49
- PlumRainWheel70
- weak
- 14
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