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) Corn@Wolf@Tiger17 (b) Toast-Ship-2015
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 3.🔐 “Pond#11” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “river-hill-shell-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast#boat#kite#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelbrickrivertent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “CloudNeemBoat30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2011 (b) neem_corn_boat_40
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Drum#Mango16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🗝️ 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumBrickNest48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandNeemBrick34 (b) brickwolfhill62
- 13.🔐 Is “Arjun2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Pond_Drum25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 17.🔐 “Password-Rain48” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raintigercloudbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “dustbelllaketoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Tent!Toast!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustTigerBoat58 (b) pearlcloudwheelkite
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-lotus-drum-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondRainSand86 (b) rainlampfrog65
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestBrickFrog84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 27.🔐 “boatfernnestplum” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Hill-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi_Fern_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Shell-67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seednestcloudfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoLotusBell40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_rain_seed_42 (b) Frog#Wheel#2014
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Boat_42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Drum#21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Lamp!2013 (b) Wolf#Frog#Gold40
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Ship_64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumFrogBoat23 (b) chaishipdust88
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2017 (b) Corn@Neem@Lamp20
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofernkite61 (b) Fern.Pond.Chai73
Answer key
- Corn@Wolf@Tiger17
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- 19
- 3
- 19
- strong
- neem_corn_boat_40
- 4
- in your head
- 15
- SandNeemBrick34
- weak
- 16
- 3
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- 1
- 17
- weak
- DustTigerBoat58
- 12
- 18
- PondRainSand86
- 3
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- 4
- 13
- 1
- 16
- pond_rain_seed_42
- 14
- shorter than 12
- Wolf#Frog#Gold40
- 14
- PlumFrogBoat23
- Corn@Neem@Lamp20
- Fern.Pond.Chai73
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