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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Brick73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “River@28” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Kabir-River-54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Tiger-Kite29 (b) Kabir#Frog#23
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Sand81 (b) MoonMangoNeem22
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.vine.tiger.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “boat#lake#shell#48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Seed@Tent@Sand20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp!bell!neem!68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan!Neem!57 (b) Mango-Leaf-Cloud62
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 12.🔐 “drumrainlotusseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 Is “Tara#Moon#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lake!wheel!pond!86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Moon_25 (b) River!Rain!Shell61
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 18.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Kite52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “cloudlotushilllake” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern!Drum!2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “dustplumchai48” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “pondgoldplum55” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Toast34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “SandFernRiver79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Drum!Chai!Ship71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Mango_81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentRiverChai87 (b) Wolf.14
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelHillChai55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Nisha-Drum-27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Is “letmein70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Chai-Fern-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “frog!lamp!pearl!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Corn#Cloud#Frog19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Letmein#Dust31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Nisha-River-69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Wheel-Tiger-Kite29
- MoonMangoNeem22
- 18
- 18
- strong
- 17
- Mango-Leaf-Cloud62
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 12
- 18
- River!Rain!Shell61
- risky
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- TentRiverChai87
- 15
- has a name or year
- weak
- 10
- has a name or year
- 18
- strong
- has a common word
- 2
- 4
- weak
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