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 “Diya@Lotus@70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Admin-Frog49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Meera_Lamp_44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera#Cloud#74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Seed#2008 (b) Pearl.Lotus.Dust17
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitedrumtentlotus (b) Neem#Tiger#Sand72
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastLotusNest71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Tiger-Mango-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 13.🔐 “Nest_30” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonKiteLamp28 (b) pondplumboatfrog
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “LakePearlCorn32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “ship_river_vine_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “hill!dust!lamp!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 22.🔐 “Kabir_Toast_52” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “nestrainwolf23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Leaf21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “vineriverhill80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Dust.Wolf40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_corn_moon_28 (b) tigersandpearlcloud
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#Frog#Lotus38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “neem_nest_sand_17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “plumtoastriver15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “dust-pond-tiger-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “qwerty24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickshellnestneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Vihaan@Frog@16” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Neem.17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Diya-Bell-39” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- weak
- weak
- 14
- 10
- 10
- Pearl.Lotus.Dust17
- Neem#Tiger#Sand72
- 16
- 8
- weak
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- MoonKiteLamp28
- 15
- strong
- 9
- 9
- 7
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- 15
- 16
- 2
- kite_corn_moon_28
- 3
- 17
- strong
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 1
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
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