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 “lotusbelllake50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Plum!Boat37 (b) kitelotuscloud31
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 4.🔐 “Wolf@Tiger@2014” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!15 (b) RainKiteTiger25
- 6.🔐 “Brick!81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 “wheelbricktoastsand” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Plum@Lotus63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelFrogChai31 (b) Kabir2010
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun_Nest_80 (b) pond#vine#neem#27
- 11.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lake60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestshipfroglamp (b) kite@wheel@boat@40
- 13.🔐 “hilltigerkitefern” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-seed-cloud-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastshellfernship (b) pond_wheel_hill_29
- 16.🔐 Is “Letmein!Toast63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Gold@Boat@2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔐 Is “ShipTigerLeaf84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn!Bell!Moon60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “goldcornrain31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@47 (b) plum.boat.mango.49
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) ChaiNestPond23
- 24.🔐 “Ishaan-Fern-89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Is “Password-Lotus14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “kiteseedhill44” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Frog#Lake54 (b) Ishaan-Sand-30
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 29.🔐 “Password!Lotus69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 “wheelwolfsandfrog” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#tent#sand#37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Drum.Lake10 (b) Pond.Lamp.2014
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Gold!2012 (b) MangoPlumTent18
- 34.🔐 “Diya!Tent!40” 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
- 35.🔐 “Shell-42” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernlampfrogsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Aarav@Hill@25” 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
- 38.🎂 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@kite@ship@88 (b) kiteriverneemsand
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@lake@frog@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 15
- Kite!Plum!Boat37
- 12
- has a name or year
- RainKiteTiger25
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- WheelFrogChai31
- pond#vine#neem#27
- weak
- kite@wheel@boat@40
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- pond_wheel_hill_29
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- 16
- 14
- plum.boat.mango.49
- emojis
- ChaiNestPond23
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Hill#Frog#Lake54
- in your head
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- Tent.Drum.Lake10
- MangoPlumTent18
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 1
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- brick@kite@ship@88
- 3
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