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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Wheel.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Mango#Moon44 (b) wheelrivertentpond
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat!tiger!plum!49 (b) plumleafmangocorn
- 5.🔐 “Aarav@Tiger@69” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@Drum@Sand39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Bell54 (b) vine-brick-pearl-55
- 8.🔐 “dustchaishippond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔐 “Nisha-Rain-64” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastPondShip60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “boatdrumneemlotus” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold_Toast_Drum51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “fern@ship@seed@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainkitedust26 (b) lotus.gold.corn.13
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “admin43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerCloudRiver36 (b) Admin_Gold13
- 19.🔐 Is “River!Lotus!Leaf55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineLampToast14 (b) Neem!75
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornSandLotus68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango!tiger!corn!73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Wheel82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “pearl-boat-leaf-50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “vinepondfrog86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔐 “Cloud.80” 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
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Wheel#41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) Brick@Cloud@Boat47
- 31.🔐 “Lake-23” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “chai#toast#mango#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 34.🔐 Is “Vihaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Pond-Moon16 (b) shiplakedrum54
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipDrumPlum18 (b) Arjun-Hill-70
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “BellPlumShell84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “iloveyou36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “brickdrumshippond” 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
- 40.🔐 “Letmein@Boat18” 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
Answer key
- emojis
- 15
- Pond#Mango#Moon44
- boat!tiger!plum!49
- has a name or year
- 4
- vine-brick-pearl-55
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- strong
- risky
- lotus.gold.corn.13
- 7
- TigerCloudRiver36
- strong
- VineLampToast14
- 12
- 3
- 3
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- Brick@Cloud@Boat47
- shorter than 12
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- Lamp-Pond-Moon16
- ShipDrumPlum18
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
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