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 “RainVinePlum19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Tiger-Ship33 (b) letmein70
- 3.🔐 Is “LampFrogBell61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “Nisha2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 6.🔐 “Cloud_74” 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
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiterainplumriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “bellplumseedcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “corn@cloud@boat@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “tentdustshell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Neem#Gold#Drum78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Wolf!73” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Tiger_50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 16.🔐 “Lamp-79” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger_kite_plum_38 (b) Neem.51
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondchaishell51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Pearl-River23 (b) Lamp.River.2012
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “rain.wolf.gold.25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#cloud#neem#34 (b) Ship-31
- 24.🔐 Is “Letmein.Gold69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Toast_Lotus29 (b) lotusneemwolffrog
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@cloud@rain@75 (b) neemcloudplumbell
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Cloud82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Cloud20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin42 (b) Drum_Cloud_Tent25
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Rain@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Tiger.Seed.2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger@pearl@lotus@29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River#Neem#Tent10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “letmein26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlPlumRain30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumsandrainwheel (b) SeedPearlDrum43
- 40.🔐 Is “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- Lake-Tiger-Ship33
- strong
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 1
- weak
- 18
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 15
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- tiger_kite_plum_38
- 4
- 2
- in your head
- Lamp-Pearl-River23
- 17
- rain#cloud#neem#34
- weak
- Wolf_Toast_Lotus29
- 8
- moon@cloud@rain@75
- risky
- 4
- 4
- Drum_Cloud_Tent25
- 15
- has a name or year
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 9
- 3
- SeedPearlDrum43
- weak
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