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 “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellfrogneemwolf (b) fern.wheel.gold.32
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Neem46 (b) cloud!leaf!lake!84
- 6.🔐 “Diya@Tent@12” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “River-38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampwolfdrum77 (b) toast#bell#plum#21
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumdustgoldseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Iloveyou!Frog81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_47 (b) neem.rain.boat.29
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_83 (b) Lake@Lotus@Neem71
- 16.🔐 Is “BrickNestWolf44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@dust@lotus@78 (b) qwerty30
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Corn!Dust42 (b) Letmein-Plum76
- 19.🔐 Is “Password.Rain29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Boat.Toast59 (b) Ishaan.Boat.13
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “drumbelllotusbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldshipvine32 (b) nest!gold!drum!58
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick!11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Cloud-33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “fern-shell-toast-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.Corn.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustPlumGold13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “letmein47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “Vihaan#Fern#78” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#River56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Gold@45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “frog#rain#corn#59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainmoonseed15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “tentboathilldust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand@ship@lotus@84 (b) neemshipwolflamp
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Vine_Gold69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent!Bell!Rain54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- in your head
- emojis
- fern.wheel.gold.32
- cloud!leaf!lake!84
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- toast#bell#plum#21
- risky
- 1
- has a common word
- neem.rain.boat.29
- others can guess it
- Lake@Lotus@Neem71
- strong
- rain@dust@lotus@78
- Ship!Corn!Dust42
- weak
- Fern.Boat.Toast59
- 18
- nest!gold!drum!58
- 4
- weak
- 10
- strong
- 15
- 3
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 15
- 13
- 17
- 2
- weak
- sand@ship@lotus@84
- 16
- 2
- 4
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