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 “BellGoldChai15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Corn.48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Plum_2011 (b) Fern#Pearl#Dust13
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickTentDust61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.gold.nest.12 (b) qwerty71
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Tiger.Lake18 (b) Vihaan_Tiger_83
- 7.🔐 “shiphillcornpearl” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “River!Bell!Toast14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon#tiger#lamp#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “dustlotuskitebrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Lotus-Corn35 (b) Kabir-Toast-70
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Nest#Tent38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Hill@Boat@2011” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain@mango@moon@71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Wolf.Chai13 (b) Plum_67
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “hill.dust.river.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Frog.Kite62 (b) Hill!Dust!2017
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Lamp_Bell15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Iloveyou#Neem10” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.fern.dust.78 (b) shelltoastdrumlamp
- 24.🔐 Is “Pond_Rain_Moon73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@64 (b) mango.rain.gold.79
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Hill!51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Bell55 (b) Shell!Toast!Brick28
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Corn-Bell62 (b) Aarav-Brick-52
- 29.🔐 “Password_Mango20” 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
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Bell@27” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Pearl-Chai47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@boat@frog@17 (b) Iloveyou!Toast11
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigermangopearl75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai#Ship#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Plum_27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.toast.kite.78 (b) Chai-44
- 39.🔐 Is “lotus.nest.corn.52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “mangolampwheelpond” 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
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- Fern#Pearl#Dust13
- 15
- leaf.gold.nest.12
- Cloud.Tiger.Lake18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 8
- Sand-Lotus-Corn35
- 4
- has a name or year
- 3
- River.Wolf.Chai13
- 18
- in your head
- Mango.Frog.Kite62
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a common word
- corn.fern.dust.78
- strong
- mango.rain.gold.79
- 14
- Shell!Toast!Brick28
- Sand-Corn-Bell62
- has a common word
- emojis
- 8
- shorter than 12
- 4
- lotus@boat@frog@17
- 2
- 4
- 4
- fern.toast.kite.78
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
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