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 “Tiger-Seed-Brick71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Boat!Shell!Wheel32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Mango#Shell#Tent74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 5.🔐 “Qwerty@Rain80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “toastdrumlotuslake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Dust#75 (b) Frog_Tent_Lamp62
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickCornLake45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.seed.boat.63 (b) Mango!41
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Cloud.River34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond#plum#nest#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-Plum-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Frog.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Bell-Brick-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Rain@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#Drum#Pearl28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Gold43 (b) LakeLotusTent13
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldShipToast41 (b) rainsandriver55
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “pond_vine_mango_76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!61 (b) Toast-Pearl-Kite41
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastKiteHill15 (b) qwerty64
- 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumTentNeem24 (b) pearlrivergold80
- 29.🔐 Is “KiteGoldRain37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakedrumdustship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandneemshell22 (b) Nest-Drum-Boat54
- 32.🔐 “neemseedwheelvine” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemCornCloud77 (b) lotusseedtoast17
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@bell@wheel@16 (b) Kabir@Drum@69
- 35.🔐 Is “Moon!Cloud!Neem13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Nisha@Vine@76” 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
- 37.🔐 “Password-Nest20” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldbellwolf31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Nest#57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- strong
- 3
- has a common word
- 18
- Frog_Tent_Lamp62
- 3
- tiger.seed.boat.63
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- LakeLotusTent13
- GoldShipToast41
- 18
- 12
- Toast-Pearl-Kite41
- ToastKiteHill15
- in your head
- risky
- emojis
- others can guess it
- DrumTentNeem24
- strong
- 1
- Nest-Drum-Boat54
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemCornCloud77
- plum@bell@wheel@16
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 2
- 3
- 13
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