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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake!vine!pearl!81 (b) Saanvi2015
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonseedplum38 (b) lake_river_mango_67
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome#Neem18 (b) ShipRiverSand41
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “plumfrogriver24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Is “Tara2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “shipmangoneemlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Moon54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Lamp!Pond41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Wolf@Rain82 (b) Wolf!53
- 14.🔐 Is “FrogDrumRain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Pond!2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!cloud!seed!17 (b) Rohan2014
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Hill_85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Rain@Lotus89 (b) Ship!87
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 20.🔐 “Rohan.Mango.49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_Drum_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Drum@86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Lamp-Wheel24 (b) wolffernneem62
- 24.🔐 Is “Admin.Nest44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Fern.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “PondLotusWheel43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2013 (b) WheelVineKite27
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “ship-gold-moon-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Ishaan@Bell@27” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp#bell#shell#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Qwerty.Toast60” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverhillkiteplum (b) neem_cloud_dust_41
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password31 (b) KiteRainPlum78
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Lotus83 (b) NestGoldChai79
- 38.🔐 Is “kitehilltigerboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “DrumPlumPearl66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- lake!vine!pearl!81
- lake_river_mango_67
- ShipRiverSand41
- 15
- in your head
- 2
- 12
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 15
- 16
- Tiger@Wolf@Rain82
- strong
- 15
- wheel!cloud!seed!17
- 14
- Dust@Rain@Lotus89
- risky
- has a name or year
- 14
- 4
- Lake-Lamp-Wheel24
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 7
- strong
- WheelVineKite27
- 17
- has a name or year
- 7
- 3
- has a common word
- neem_cloud_dust_41
- KiteRainPlum78
- NestGoldChai79
- weak
- strong
- 4
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