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.🔐 Is “Drum-53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Pond#Lamp#Pearl78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Ishaan@Frog@56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-lotus-moon-21 (b) Aarav@Lotus@24
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein62 (b) tiger@kite@leaf@25
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.River.Toast16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “seed#dust#neem#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverchainestfern (b) fern.brick.toast.55
- 13.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Tiger86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “wheellampship54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Leaf!Moon37 (b) qwerty89
- 16.🔐 Is “Tiger!Rain!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Mango_Hill_Dust11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp-Bell-Plum68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoKiteShip84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “password61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Rain-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2011 (b) GoldMoonNeem54
- 27.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Cloud21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerwolfriverlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “plum!frog!boat!11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “TigerFernFrog30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Admin@Kite10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Pearl15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Ananya!Pond!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi@Tent@73 (b) Boat-River-Leaf11
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@river@sand@43 (b) Lamp.77
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedbellgoldlamp (b) CloudMangoWolf10
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Tent.Lamp26 (b) Meera2012
- 38.🔐 “boatfrogmoontoast” 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
- 39.🔐 “wheelhillgolddrum” 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
- 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- 7
- 12
- 3
- has a name or year
- fern-lotus-moon-21
- tiger@kite@leaf@25
- 19
- emojis
- 17
- fern.brick.toast.55
- weak
- weak
- Neem!Leaf!Moon37
- weak
- others can guess it
- weak
- strong
- 16
- 15
- weak
- 15
- 3
- 10
- GoldMoonNeem54
- weak
- 18
- strong
- strong
- weak
- weak
- weak
- Boat-River-Leaf11
- boat@river@sand@43
- CloudMangoWolf10
- Chai.Tent.Lamp26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
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