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 kinds of characters does “Lake_Neem_Rain21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) Vine#Nest#Kite77
- 4.🔐 “Letmein-Shell25” 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
- 5.🔐 “moonsandbrickkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 7.🔐 Is “seedvinetent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelRiverNest18 (b) Shell_Wheel_2013
- 9.🔐 Is “Lamp_Vine_Shell19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password53 (b) PondTigerCloud37
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 12.🔐 “lamplotusriver21” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neembellleafkite (b) ShipCloudKite25
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “ferntoastcloudlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed#boat#nest#88 (b) Arjun2016
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “admin51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 18.🔐 “Neem#Rain#2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernneembricktiger (b) mango#lamp#wolf#17
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Sand.15 (b) SandHillSeed68
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Wheel#Mango#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Lamp!58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Tiger@River@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Leaf@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “admin17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafChaiBrick46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Seed@Nest29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Fern@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Tent!Neem16 (b) Vihaan2012
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Leaf.Rain50 (b) Corn@Bell@2018
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Frog.Neem.Pearl72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “TentFernBrick46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🎂 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
- 38.🔐 Is “river!plum!nest!62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Password#Leaf39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “moondrumfroglotus” 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
Answer key
- 4
- 8
- Vine#Nest#Kite77
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- weak
- WheelRiverNest18
- strong
- PondTigerCloud37
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ShipCloudKite25
- 18
- seed#boat#nest#88
- 7
- 12
- has a name or year
- mango#lamp#wolf#17
- SandHillSeed68
- 10
- weak
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 7
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 17
- 14
- Lotus!Tent!Neem16
- Cloud.Leaf.Rain50
- 3
- strong
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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