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) qwerty85 (b) Pond_Tiger_Moon23
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentlotuschaihill (b) leaf#cloud#mango#43
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!River!Vine70 (b) Qwerty!Seed68
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Chai88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Lake!Neem!2011” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast#plum#hill#37 (b) Ishaan2016
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustBellWolf48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome13 (b) Drum_Neem_Mango48
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2009 (b) lamp#vine#nest#38
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Fern@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “rainleafnestlamp” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “seed.vine.tent.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-River-Tiger17 (b) admin71
- 17.🔐 “rivertoastlotus64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Lotus#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Rain.2008 (b) Wolf!Leaf!Kite86
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Lotus!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Rain.Lotus13 (b) Rohan.Sand.67
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Plum#Pond67 (b) Meera@Brick@68
- 23.🔐 Is “Tara2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Kite-Toast27 (b) Lake-Chai-2014
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Mango@Lake44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Fern_Pearl25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 28.🔐 Is “tiger_wheel_mango_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) mango.brick.cloud.41
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) SandPondToast13
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “River_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “shellseedpond37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@nest@pond@85 (b) boatplummango54
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumGoldMoon41 (b) Vihaan2010
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLeafDust12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
Answer key
- Pond_Tiger_Moon23
- leaf#cloud#mango#43
- Drum!River!Vine70
- 4
- 8
- has a name or year
- toast#plum#hill#37
- 3
- 12
- Drum_Neem_Mango48
- emojis
- lamp#vine#nest#38
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- Nest-River-Tiger17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Wolf!Leaf!Kite86
- 4
- Wolf.Rain.Lotus13
- Rain#Plum#Pond67
- weak
- Lotus-Kite-Toast27
- 17
- 18
- in your head
- strong
- 8
- mango.brick.cloud.41
- SandPondToast13
- 3
- 2
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- moon@nest@pond@85
- DrumGoldMoon41
- 9
- 3
- others can guess it
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