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 “TigerMangoHill20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemlaketigerhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River#64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusLeafTiger55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “WolfRainRiver59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Leaf@Gold81 (b) Frog-75
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 11.🔐 “Seed@Toast@2015” 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
- 12.🔐 “bellcornfern82” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfBellToast44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Tent78 (b) shell@nest@vine@78
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome16 (b) Chai_Moon_Ship87
- 16.🔐 “pearlmangodust20” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Kabir-Neem-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Sand32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Rain.Pearl15 (b) shiplotusmoon18
- 20.🔐 Is “ChaiVineKite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “RiverMoonChai61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Wolf@12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “Frog!Rain!2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “lakerainbell28” 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
- 26.🔐 “Welcome!Plum15” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Ship#Lamp25 (b) Saanvi#Cloud#67
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Lake#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2009 (b) Lamp-Wolf-Tiger21
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelcorndustmango (b) plum!dust!seed!47
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.seed.river.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.leaf.hill.36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteTentToast34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “KiteNeemPearl23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “neemcloudlotus18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@plum@mango@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Lamp79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “hilllamppond81” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogGoldWolf27 (b) Moon_23
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudTentMango65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- strong
- in your head
- Tiger@Leaf@Gold81
- 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- shell@nest@vine@78
- Chai_Moon_Ship87
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 12
- Mango.Rain.Pearl15
- strong
- strong
- 7
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- Nest#Ship#Lamp25
- 4
- Lamp-Wolf-Tiger21
- plum!dust!seed!47
- 3
- 3
- 3
- strong
- 16
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- FrogGoldWolf27
- 3
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