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 “CornShellTiger26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Toast_76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “RainFrogWolf17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Fern.44” 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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudCornShell41 (b) clouddustwheel50
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestTentLamp15 (b) Lotus#Mango#2018
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “BellShellVine76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Gold.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2018 (b) moon#wheel#corn#10
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Gold@Toast83 (b) Kabir2018
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 18.🔐 Is “gold_cloud_brick_33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Fern.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “pearl.wheel.river.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiPlumVine88 (b) Admin@Ship11
- 23.🔐 Is “welcome39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “neemvineshiprain” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampcorntentlotus (b) SandLotusLeaf53
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan#Lotus#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “neempearltent15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Leaf_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-tent-shell-23 (b) Welcome-River40
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Frog-31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#cloud#moon#29 (b) neemriverlotuswolf
- 35.🔐 “cloudneemnestchai” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “ToastKiteSeed77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2010 (b) toast-pearl-sand-65
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Pearl77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake_Dust_Rain58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 16
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
- CloudCornShell41
- NestTentLamp15
- in your head
- 2
- strong
- 12
- 13
- moon#wheel#corn#10
- Cloud@Gold@Toast83
- others can guess it
- 3
- emojis
- strong
- 4
- 4
- strong
- ChaiPlumVine88
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SandLotusLeaf53
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 3
- weak
- 9
- toast-tent-shell-23
- 14
- pearl#cloud#moon#29
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- strong
- toast-pearl-sand-65
- 4
- 4
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