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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!Mango!2009 (b) HillKiteFern71
- 3.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangotigerriverdust (b) Lotus!Nest!Hill62
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2014 (b) FrogPearlToast75
- 6.🔐 “River_Kite_2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.moon.gold.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Tara.Frog.40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moontentneem14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Lotus_Cloud_Kite77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumdrumbrickpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern@River@Shell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Pearl_Rain18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornchaitigerlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandPlumTiger30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “leaf-pond-shell-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud#moon#river#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 20.🔐 “chaisandnestpearl” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Leaf@51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Cloud_Boat81 (b) Drum.42
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Boat@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “riverbricktiger85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!20 (b) Hill!Toast!Neem47
- 28.🔐 “Nest-20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔐 Is “TentHillToast33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Vine60 (b) tent!seed!vine!57
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust@58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “vineshellbricklamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Frog#Hill#Tent41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Password!Bell67” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum_Dust_River32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverlotusrain48 (b) TigerLampDrum87
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill@21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-10 (b) MoonTigerFrog51
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2008 (b) DustShellPond26
Answer key
- risky
- HillKiteFern71
- weak
- Lotus!Nest!Hill62
- FrogPearlToast75
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- 2
- strong
- 3
- 1
- 18
- 4
- 1
- 3
- strong
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- Shell_Cloud_Boat81
- 12
- 4
- weak
- in your head
- Hill!Toast!Neem47
- shorter than 12
- strong
- tent!seed!vine!57
- 4
- 9
- 18
- strong
- has a common word
- 17
- TigerLampDrum87
- 4
- MoonTigerFrog51
- DustShellPond26
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