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) shipwolfmoon45 (b) Rain#Bell#Wolf46
- 2.🔐 Is “FernHillWheel12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent-Dust-Lake63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “River-75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestlaketoast70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 7.🔐 “toastnestkite55” 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.🔐 “Letmein_Lake51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 9.🔐 “Sand#12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 “Frog#77” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Tiger!Lake!Mango52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2016 (b) CloudKiteShip35
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.River.2011 (b) Kite!Moon!Bell26
- 17.🔐 “Vihaan-Ship-25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Cloud-42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “raingoldlotuswolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav#Chai#74 (b) chai!pearl!plum!37
- 21.🔐 “Tiger.Corn.2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Hill@Neem11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#shell#corn#61 (b) tigerbrickneemkite
- 26.🔐 Is “nest_plum_frog_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Fern19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandPlumBoat13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “mangoleafchaitiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai#Toast#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Sand.2017 (b) neem.nest.sand.19
- 33.🔐 Is “River@Shell@Lake46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2013 (b) leaf!tiger!chai!84
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “password12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Vine-74” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Bell82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “rainlakemangopond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldWolfKite69 (b) Arjun2010
Answer key
- Rain#Bell#Wolf46
- strong
- 16
- weak
- 2
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- CloudKiteShip35
- 3
- 3
- 3
- Kite!Moon!Bell26
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- chai!pearl!plum!37
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 4
- 4
- gold#shell#corn#61
- strong
- 4
- 3
- 10
- weak
- 4
- neem.nest.sand.19
- strong
- leaf!tiger!chai!84
- 10
- shorter than 12
- 4
- others can guess it
- 17
- GoldWolfKite69
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