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 “LeafRiverCorn28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2017 (b) PearlSandShell77
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipKiteLotus20 (b) cornriversandrain
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Kite-Wheel31 (b) wolflakesandnest
- 7.🔐 “Vine.Fern.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Sand.River71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Kite#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern@wheel@brick@30 (b) Nisha2018
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.Frog.Shell68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya#Tent#17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogLakeLeaf31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Seed#Sand#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Password!Cloud55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainMangoMoon74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “pearlmangobellchai” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Kite-Lamp-Dust16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.drum.mango.62 (b) mangoneemriver10
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlwheeldrum89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Aarav-Hill-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) Pond_Chai_Rain62
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 26.🔐 Is “clouddrumriverrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Pond!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “lake@drum@ship@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “corn#ship#tiger#46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerwolfdustmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Password_Dust84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “sand!wolf!corn!28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “shipchaifrog75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Pond#23” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud.tiger.gold.13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Shell!Tent!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “kite!mango!lake!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 10
- PearlSandShell77
- ShipKiteLotus20
- 3
- Neem-Kite-Wheel31
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- fern@wheel@brick@30
- 8
- 4
- 4
- 3
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- kite.drum.mango.62
- in your head
- 16
- weak
- Pond_Chai_Rain62
- risky
- weak
- 13
- 17
- 3
- strong
- 18
- 7
- 3
- weak
- 17
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 3
- weak
- strong
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