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) toast@wheel@river@66 (b) Rohan2012
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Seed.Dust77 (b) tentboatcornvine
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernlakegoldlotus (b) FernGoldLamp50
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔐 “Ananya@Pond@34” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell-ship-drum-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2015 (b) shell#hill#cloud#42
- 10.🔐 Is “drumnestseedgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “FernVineLamp43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@Plum@Pond47 (b) password82
- 14.🔐 “Tiger_75” 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
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Cloud-53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed#Drum#Lotus76 (b) Ishaan.Lamp.61
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Chai@Ship@Boat54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Vine!Wolf!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Toast!Lamp28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastLeafCloud43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Pearl!57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “neem_tiger_mango_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “NeemLotusShell17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Neem!39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Nest52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafVineMango15 (b) boatcornbell46
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern!lotus!moon!67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “shell#ship#river#49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seeddrumwolf20 (b) BrickWolfRain16
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 35.🔐 “Password!Fern65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@Drum@Chai12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Cloud-Drum36 (b) hilldrumrain58
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonwheelcorn12 (b) CloudGoldTent31
- 39.🔐 “Password!Corn86” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- toast@wheel@river@66
- 3
- Cloud.Seed.Dust77
- risky
- FernGoldLamp50
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 3
- shell#hill#cloud#42
- weak
- 10
- 14
- Brick@Plum@Pond47
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- 7
- 4
- Seed#Drum#Lotus76
- 7
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 16
- weak
- 19
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 12
- LeafVineMango15
- 3
- strong
- BrickWolfRain16
- 12
- has a common word
- 16
- Rain-Cloud-Drum36
- CloudGoldTent31
- has a common word
- 10
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