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 “moonsandlamptiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfToastTent23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeSandCloud55 (b) lakecloudmangopond
- 4.🔐 Is “Kite_Tiger_2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Kabir#Sand#70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Toast#Kite#2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Mango_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Pond!82” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “nest#lake#tent#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@River35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Ship.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemRiverVine76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Pearl35 (b) Lotus#Lamp#Dust25
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Pearl@24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “shipkitetoastrain” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou32 (b) dust!tent!neem!73
- 19.🔐 Is “kite!brick!chai!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Mango.48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Vihaan!Gold!28” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Bell-83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-69 (b) Drum#Lake#Chai37
- 27.🔐 Is “Seed_Vine_Moon76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 29.🔐 “Ananya-Drum-35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.boat.hill.71 (b) toastcloudpearlbrick
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Dust.2012 (b) vine-seed-lamp-10
- 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 33.🔐 Is “Meera_Pond_86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonDustLamp40 (b) Meera2011
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Lotus!Rain51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Letmein_Toast31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Neem.Tiger.Fern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Wolf@52” 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
Answer key
- weak
- 15
- LakeSandCloud55
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 17
- in your head
- 16
- 13
- 3
- 2
- Lotus#Lamp#Dust25
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- dust!tent!neem!73
- strong
- 3
- 14
- has a name or year
- 10
- weak
- 2
- Drum#Lake#Chai37
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- seed.boat.hill.71
- vine-seed-lamp-10
- others can guess it
- weak
- 12
- MoonDustLamp40
- 8
- 17
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
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