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.🔐 “Ishaan_Hill_48” 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 characters are in “SandDrumDust48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Corn_79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Pond_Moon19 (b) Brick#66
- 6.🔐 Is “password48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Chai.41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango!corn!toast!21 (b) neemcloudfern85
- 9.🔐 Is “Dust!Lamp!Chai72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Seed.Frog.Plum13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-chai-neem-47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Corn#28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “shipkitetentplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Pearl#57 (b) Lake_Boat_Dust52
- 17.🔐 Is “Saanvi-Leaf-55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_Tiger_Sand31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “sand!corn!river!30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Wolf-Drum-Lamp35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty63 (b) leaf!vine!tiger!61
- 26.🔐 “Seed@Neem@2017” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “VineNeemLamp37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitechaisand32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.10 (b) Leaf_Pond_Drum28
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Welcome#Neem53” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “drum-bell-sand-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Drum_Bell_2016” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat!gold!neem!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “BrickWolfPlum46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 14
- weak
- 3
- Lotus_Pond_Moon19
- weak
- shorter than 12
- mango!corn!toast!21
- strong
- strong
- 3
- 4
- in your head
- 16
- 9
- Lake_Boat_Dust52
- weak
- 9
- 17
- strong
- 3
- strong
- 7
- risky
- leaf!vine!tiger!61
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 12
- 2
- 2
- Leaf_Pond_Drum28
- 3
- has a common word
- 2
- 10
- 17
- has a name or year
- 3
- strong
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