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) Tiger-Bell-2010 (b) ship-mango-kite-41
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlakewheelneem (b) Toast#Lotus#Wolf81
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Nest!2010 (b) NestTentKite16
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#Plum#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “chaitigernest52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “chaikitelotusfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Wheel-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “rain.boat.shell.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumwolftigerlotus (b) ShellNeemBell27
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 13.🔐 “Welcome.Chai78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Is “Lake-58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “bellriverdustshell” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “frognestdrum37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “DustLeafTent18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 19.🔐 Is “wolf#mango#sand#63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed#Kite#Moon70 (b) Shell_Moon_2010
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Bell_2016 (b) Mango.Plum.Lamp67
- 23.🔐 Is “Cloud#Chai#Tiger38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “frog@rain@chai@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “drum#bell#wolf#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “Meera#Neem#22” 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
- 27.🔐 “Ishaan.Frog.73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaftoastmango87 (b) shell#seed#brick#49
- 29.🔐 Is “qwerty14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Moon#13” 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
- 31.🔐 “Cloud_43” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-50 (b) Seed#Lotus#Mango33
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou!Bell12” 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
- 34.🔐 “laketoastrain32” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickMoonPearl53 (b) Arjun.Tent.25
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamplotustoastlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “kitetigerbell84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “lamppearlfern55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “wolfcornleaf57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- ship-mango-kite-41
- 3
- Toast#Lotus#Wolf81
- NestTentKite16
- 15
- weak
- 17
- 16
- 18
- ShellNeemBell27
- in your head
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 14
- 3
- strong
- Seed#Kite#Moon70
- risky
- Mango.Plum.Lamp67
- strong
- 17
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- shell#seed#brick#49
- weak
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- Seed#Lotus#Mango33
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BrickMoonPearl53
- 1
- 12
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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