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.🔐 “Wolf-Cloud-2015” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedToastWolf77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2008 (b) moon#cloud#toast#19
- 4.🔐 Is “FernBrickHill29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “sandpondshell34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 7.🔐 “Rohan!Seed!83” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Wheel@Hill@Boat74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-dust-tent-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!Pearl!Tiger60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-mango-plum-32 (b) Admin.Wheel89
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Wolf!24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Tent-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin86 (b) ship-lotus-rain-30
- 17.🔐 Is “dust!lake!rain!75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!leaf!boat!22 (b) password32
- 21.🔐 “Saanvi#Bell#57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 Is “TentDustHill71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🎂 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
- 24.🔐 “Neem-50” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “admin54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Mango@Lotus@2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernRainMoon49 (b) Aarav2015
- 28.🔐 Is “Frog.Pearl.2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya#Frog#70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “riverpearlvinerain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “password18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#wheel#lotus#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerfroglampshell (b) bell_leaf_lamp_66
- 35.🔐 “drumlakemango18” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan@Tiger@80 (b) wheel!pearl!chai!13
- 37.🔐 Is “corn@rain@tiger@57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfshellship40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Fern69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 3
- moon#cloud#toast#19
- strong
- 15
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- 17
- in your head
- 12
- 4
- hill-mango-plum-32
- 14
- 4
- ship-lotus-rain-30
- strong
- risky
- 8
- pearl!leaf!boat!22
- has a name or year
- strong
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 7
- weak
- FernRainMoon49
- weak
- 4
- 18
- 10
- weak
- 3
- bell_leaf_lamp_66
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wheel!pearl!chai!13
- strong
- emojis
- 15
- 4
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