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.🔢 How many characters are in “River#Neem#Rain28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Ananya@Pond@84” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeRainMango21 (b) Lotus!Shell!2013
- 5.🔐 Is “LeafFrogCorn87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-wheel-rain-26 (b) shiprainfern71
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 9.🔐 “toastlakevine85” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@tiger@gold@37 (b) Mango-15
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverNeemCorn33 (b) Ishaan2013
- 12.🔐 Is “Password.Sand27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Tent#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed@tent@leaf@53 (b) letmein29
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.Pond.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Ship_2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “lake@tiger@vine@69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 23.🔐 Is “Tara2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Pearl@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “pondcloudshell45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Plum70 (b) Boat_Wheel_Sand55
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat#Gold#Pearl63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Brick#21” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick_river_hill_69 (b) Qwerty_Pond48
- 30.🔐 “sandwheelpearlleaf” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship.Corn.Shell31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@Lamp@Moon36 (b) lakedustlamp42
- 33.🔐 “Password@River63” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “leafshellmangofern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Drum#63” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Toast#63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Corn!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Pond46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rain#moon#chai#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 17
- 7
- has a name or year
- LakeRainMango21
- strong
- vine-wheel-rain-26
- emojis
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tent@tiger@gold@37
- RiverNeemCorn33
- weak
- 12
- 4
- seed@tent@leaf@53
- 4
- 3
- 3
- in your head
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 4
- weak
- Boat_Wheel_Sand55
- 4
- shorter than 12
- brick_river_hill_69
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Chai@Lamp@Moon36
- has a common word
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 13
- 13
- 15
- 9
- 17
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