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) Frog@16 (b) Sand!Pearl!Corn87
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Vine.15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!51 (b) Kite@Drum@Hill32
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 8.🔐 Is “Tara2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!Drum!2009 (b) FernMoonSand77
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_brick_cloud_19 (b) Nisha#Tent#22
- 11.🔐 Is “Boat#Neem#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty14 (b) Leaf!Corn!Ship65
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumHillDrum57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Lake@45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_Shell_2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “sandwolfbellseed” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Neem_Mango44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “pearlgoldnest66” 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
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 21.🔐 Is “Seed-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-chai-bell-87 (b) Bell!67
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🗝️ 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
- 26.🔐 Is “boat@tent@ship@53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Moon-Fern51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Wolf.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “shell.tiger.moon.78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “Pond#Drum#Wolf83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Dust.Pond18 (b) Ishaan2017
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) drum!chai!nest!29
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#Ship#Tiger59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Mango!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “welcome56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Rain78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Ananya#Vine#86” 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
- 38.🔐 “Boat_46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔐 Is “Chai_Cloud_2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “nest.gold.fern.82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Sand!Pearl!Corn87
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 3
- risky
- Kite@Drum@Hill32
- 3
- weak
- FernMoonSand77
- lotus_brick_cloud_19
- weak
- Leaf!Corn!Ship65
- 14
- 4
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 12
- weak
- 8
- pearl-chai-bell-87
- 7
- in your head
- strong
- 16
- 14
- strong
- strong
- Wheel.Dust.Pond18
- drum!chai!nest!29
- 17
- 4
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 17
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