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.🗝️ 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Lamp@Wheel25 (b) Kite@53
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Drum@Wheel32 (b) Fern_51
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-tiger-river-50 (b) Vihaan2012
- 6.🔐 “Password@Tiger78” 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
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Tent39 (b) wheel!lotus!river!24
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@17 (b) nest@shell@dust@61
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “lampfernfrogsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Kabir#Pearl#64” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “password34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Dust23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Ishaan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Seed-47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandlotusmangofrog (b) Vine!River!Tiger10
- 20.🔐 “Dust_64” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Toast.Shell.Lotus20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Cloud_39 (b) moon@toast@gold@85
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Meera#Wolf#56” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Bell.Drum.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellfrogponddust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “moonkitevine75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_Lamp_62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Drum@34 (b) Lamp!Cloud!Sand51
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Sand-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “kiterainvinelamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Boat.Leaf41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Lamp!Kite!Tent29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf!lotus!rain!39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “qwerty31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chai!rain!seed!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlamprain18 (b) sand@lamp@cloud@38
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- in your head
- Dust@Lamp@Wheel25
- emojis
- Corn@Drum@Wheel32
- tent-tiger-river-50
- has a common word
- 3
- wheel!lotus!river!24
- nest@shell@dust@61
- 16
- has a name or year
- 2
- 10
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- 8
- Vine!River!Tiger10
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 12
- moon@toast@gold@85
- 9
- has a name or year
- weak
- 1
- weak
- 4
- Lamp!Cloud!Sand51
- 4
- weak
- 2
- 16
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 17
- sand@lamp@cloud@38
- 8
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