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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 3.🔐 “Shell_17” 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
- 4.🔐 “nesttentmoontoast” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Drum.51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipDustSeed79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Lamp_Shell_2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverShipShell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Shell-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Drum-2014 (b) FernMangoKite59
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun@Pearl@20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl!ship!mango!54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “boatkitefern20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.Moon.Kite28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Mango#Lake50 (b) Aarav-Cloud-24
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan-Nest-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverFernKite75 (b) chaibellmango49
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Seed77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome54 (b) Corn_Toast_Sand82
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainMoonKite64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Shell20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya_Sand_45 (b) Vine-Brick-Chai88
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Mango@2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#kite#leaf#59 (b) Nisha2010
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainshellplum51 (b) LampChaiSeed35
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Kite30 (b) neem#kite#vine#34
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Drum_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “lake.lotus.bell.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “PondLakeShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “PearlChaiLeaf76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestCloudToast53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Lamp_52” 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
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Wolf@Toast68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteNeemTiger57 (b) Arjun.Neem.63
Answer key
- 12
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- has a name or year
- 16
- 4
- weak
- FernMangoKite59
- 14
- 3
- weak
- 16
- Wolf#Mango#Lake50
- 4
- RiverFernKite75
- 4
- Corn_Toast_Sand82
- 3
- 4
- Vine-Brick-Chai88
- 4
- lamp#kite#leaf#59
- emojis
- 4
- 9
- others can guess it
- LampChaiSeed35
- neem#kite#vine#34
- 14
- strong
- strong
- strong
- 3
- shorter than 12
- risky
- 4
- KiteNeemTiger57
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