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) welcome56 (b) Bell_Sand_Pond27
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “bricklakeshelltoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “rainbellplumhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 Is “Neem@Pearl@Pond56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “welcome74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Dust_Toast86 (b) Plum-28
- 9.🔐 Is “Shell.Chai.River89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Wolf!Chai44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Shell-Fern-Gold81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2015 (b) WheelLotusNeem24
- 13.🔐 “Meera.Drum.89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondseedpearl34 (b) lake_brick_pearl_25
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat!Tiger!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty#Shell37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 19.🔐 Is “ship@nest@wheel@62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty26 (b) Ship-Corn-Wolf87
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Drum-53 (b) Fern@Tiger@Vine41
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “hill_cloud_pearl_75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Gold!Pond48 (b) Rain#Tiger#2013
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “hillbellfrogchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “frog@moon@neem@35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Tent@Ship@Frog18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “drumplumneemlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Corn27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Lotus@Boat23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Qwerty-Lotus89” 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
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 34.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell-frog-vine-69 (b) Meera2014
- 36.🔐 “Toast!Plum!2014” 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.🔐 Is “Pond!Wolf!Bell19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Shell46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornWolfWheel32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “bellcornlake40” 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
Answer key
- Bell_Sand_Pond27
- 19
- weak
- 9
- others can guess it
- strong
- weak
- Brick_Dust_Toast86
- strong
- 16
- strong
- WheelLotusNeem24
- has a name or year
- lake_brick_pearl_25
- 10
- 15
- has a common word
- 12
- strong
- Ship-Corn-Wolf87
- Fern@Tiger@Vine41
- 19
- Mango!Gold!Pond48
- 10
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 17
- has a common word
- risky
- emojis
- shell-frog-vine-69
- has a name or year
- strong
- 16
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
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