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) Ananya2014 (b) Plum@Nest@Lake20
- 2.🔐 “Mango@82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_Wheel_75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “password56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustwheellamp38 (b) DustKiteChai68
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Plum59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Welcome-Lake11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell.toast.lamp.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Pond@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “PondSeedVine40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusPearlNest46 (b) Frog_31
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#89 (b) LampRainMoon22
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Sand74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!nest!boat!73 (b) Iloveyou-Sand21
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteBoatBrick44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Aarav@Moon@15” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Fern_48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “golddustrain11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “DrumWheelRain13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Lotus#Cloud#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusmoonpondplum (b) corn.moon.plum.10
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.35 (b) Gold#Cloud#Lamp12
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty22 (b) PondRiverLotus24
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Kite.Pond69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell_12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 30.🔐 Is “gold_toast_vine_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “Leaf#70” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@brick@shell@74 (b) Meera-Dust-57
- 33.🔐 “Ananya.Nest.16” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill@Tiger@Leaf78 (b) toastpearlcorn64
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou70 (b) mango!dust!rain!76
- 36.🔐 “Diya#Bell#40” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangochaigoldvine (b) TentLeafCloud82
- 38.🔐 “Letmein!Kite13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Is “lamp!brick!neem!53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake@pond@ship@53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Plum@Nest@Lake20
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- DustKiteChai68
- 15
- weak
- 3
- 13
- 8
- strong
- LotusPearlNest46
- LampRainMoon22
- 4
- fern!nest!boat!73
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- 2
- strong
- weak
- corn.moon.plum.10
- Gold#Cloud#Lamp12
- PondRiverLotus24
- in your head
- 4
- 8
- 4
- 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- tent@brick@shell@74
- has a name or year
- Hill@Tiger@Leaf78
- mango!dust!rain!76
- has a name or year
- TentLeafCloud82
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
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