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.🔐 Is “cloudleafbrickkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoBellHill34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest.bell.mango.33 (b) Password#Shell34
- 5.🔐 Is “ShellSandChai14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitefrogneem74 (b) RiverFrogDrum18
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_83 (b) moon-chai-plum-18
- 9.🔐 Is “password44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Ananya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Shell#Vine79 (b) Lamp!58
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfnestplumbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Vihaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “ChaiSandPond20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipRiverCloud58 (b) qwerty11
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Bell28 (b) WheelLakePearl48
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteRainGold37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Corn-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheeldrumnestneem (b) cloud-toast-seed-68
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Ship66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Lamp65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastTentFern11 (b) Pond-Rain-2012
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Moon.42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “welcome40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Lamp#Wheel#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillCloudGold37 (b) Meera2016
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlshellsand89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Mango@Pearl28 (b) Neem@49
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumLampPond71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Dust-Rain-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Sand!Gold30 (b) Wheel#Sand#2014
- 37.🔐 Is “Frog#Plum#Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern@Mango@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillPlumRiver83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 3
- 2
- nest.bell.mango.33
- strong
- 3
- RiverFrogDrum18
- moon-chai-plum-18
- weak
- weak
- Mango#Shell#Vine79
- 16
- weak
- 9
- strong
- ShipRiverCloud58
- WheelLakePearl48
- 14
- in your head
- 2
- 13
- 12
- cloud-toast-seed-68
- 4
- 12
- ToastTentFern11
- 13
- weak
- weak
- HillCloudGold37
- 16
- Lotus@Mango@Pearl28
- 3
- has a name or year
- risky
- Mango!Sand!Gold30
- strong
- 15
- 4
- 3
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