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) LampCloudWolf50 (b) Ananya.Lamp.38
- 2.🔐 Is “Neem.Mango.Kite73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Diya_Cloud_16” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake-Brick-Gold16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornTigerRiver16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Mango#2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty24 (b) Tiger!Gold!Dust84
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Lotus.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Nest16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 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.🔐 Is “toastgoldvinehill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) MangoRainDrum13
- 17.🔐 Is “RiverVineLake47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “Dust_Frog_Chai28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “lotusferncloud73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔐 “chaifroglampvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!21 (b) plum#river#mango#72
- 22.🔐 “Arjun-Ship-51” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Password-Shell76” 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
- 25.🗝️ 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “shellwheelneemlotus” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “chaibellseed54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔐 Is “RiverCloudMoon53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudneemgoldcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Tiger!Mango58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “tentshellseed34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “TigerPlumShip29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Pond-Mango21 (b) chailotusneem64
- 36.🔐 Is “admin70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Boat!Wheel!2015” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerShipRain34 (b) Ishaan2012
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Neem66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Nisha!Shell!42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- LampCloudWolf50
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- 9
- emojis
- 16
- Tiger!Gold!Dust84
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 3
- weak
- others can guess it
- MangoRainDrum13
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- plum#river#mango#72
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a common word
- in your head
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 17
- 18
- weak
- strong
- Leaf-Pond-Mango21
- weak
- has a name or year
- TigerShipRain34
- 4
- weak
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