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 “Ananya#Hill#84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship-Tiger-Hill35 (b) Letmein#Drum30
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelleafgoldcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Toast!88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBellToast57 (b) Seed.Drum.2009
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!Brick!Pearl64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineleafdrummoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand_cloud_lake_44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Frog#Corn75 (b) Pearl#Lamp#2008
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick_moon_leaf_47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Admin-Seed43” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintigerpond14 (b) Hill-Toast-Seed23
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Iloveyou@Lamp20” 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
- 16.🔐 “Sand-Wheel-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Dust!70 (b) Pond!Hill!Neem22
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “plumwheelmoon40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!dust!leaf!26 (b) Admin.Tiger84
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Welcome.Plum25” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “qwerty26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoFrogMoon29 (b) lotusdustwolfseed
- 24.🔐 Is “LampTentGold59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonWheelBoat63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Seed-2017 (b) SeedBoatFern71
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Cloud_Brick10 (b) moonhillriverdrum
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafsandriver42 (b) Vine!Lotus!Hill29
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldFrogPearl61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “riverrainlotussand” 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
- 33.🔐 “Rain.31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-pond-toast-70 (b) mangosandlampcloud
- 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “brick.wheel.vine.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “River_71” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “PearlToastWolf12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
Answer key
- 14
- 3
- Ship-Tiger-Hill35
- 1
- weak
- DustBellToast57
- 4
- 1
- 3
- Neem#Frog#Corn75
- 3
- has a common word
- Hill-Toast-Seed23
- 3
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- Pond!Hill!Neem22
- 15
- seed!dust!leaf!26
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- MangoFrogMoon29
- strong
- 15
- 12
- SeedBoatFern71
- Shell_Cloud_Brick10
- Vine!Lotus!Hill29
- 10
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- pearl-pond-toast-70
- in your head
- 19
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- emojis
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