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) chaishellwheelnest (b) nest-chai-rain-42
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “dusttentgold16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan#Boat#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 5.🔐 Is “wheel#drum#seed#34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickLotusSand23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Fern!Chai44 (b) Admin#Dust31
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@53 (b) Cloud@Vine@Bell73
- 9.🔐 Is “LeafShellRain53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Ananya@Lamp@40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔐 Is “Brick_64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 13.🔐 Is “DrumShellLake76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 16.🔐 Is “Kite.Chai.Lake13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustsandtoastkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “kite-moon-vine-34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Moon41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Chai.Tiger.Lotus88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty84 (b) Neem@Cloud@Lotus66
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “leafcorncloudrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillCloudRain62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 28.🔐 Is “chai_brick_mango_35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “Neem.Mango.Tent53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 31.🔐 Is “Arjun.Lake.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein74 (b) Ship#Tiger#Tent32
- 33.🔐 “belllakegold48” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Chai.28 (b) GoldSandFern10
- 35.🔐 Is “Letmein-Moon72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Kabir2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Boat-Tent32 (b) Rohan#River#60
- 38.🔐 “lamplotusmoondust” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 39.🔐 “Corn!79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell!Wheel!Corn56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- nest-chai-rain-42
- 14
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 16
- Sand!Fern!Chai44
- Cloud@Vine@Bell73
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- others can guess it
- strong
- 7
- in your head
- strong
- 1
- 3
- 17
- 9
- 4
- strong
- 2
- Neem@Cloud@Lotus66
- 17
- 3
- 12
- strong
- strong
- emojis
- weak
- Ship#Tiger#Tent32
- fewer than 3 kinds
- GoldSandFern10
- weak
- weak
- Pearl-Boat-Tent32
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 18
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