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) MangoBellCorn31 (b) Rain_Cloud_2008
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond@fern@dust@23 (b) Aarav!Plum!70
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 4.🔐 Is “FrogKiteLake11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “CornRainPond42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou10 (b) lotus#bell#mango#24
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Seed78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “seedshipsandtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “Sand_Wolf_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumMangoLake39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) NestWheelLeaf26
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverseeddrumplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaivinemangokite (b) PearlMoonShell16
- 15.🔐 “nesthilltoastlake” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusriverchai57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Cloud_36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “wheelsandlotuskite” 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
- 19.🔐 “Tiger@72” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed@hill@nest@45 (b) Lake!78
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Frog-River24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Neem_Sand_Wheel26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Lotus#88” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Brick#Toast73 (b) wolfgoldbelldrum
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 26.🔐 Is “plummoonpond65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Admin@Seed42” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “leaf#neem#chai#48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-mango-pond-82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Seed.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!mango!plum!51 (b) kitemoonbell22
- 32.🔐 Is “wolffernkitepond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “kiteneemsand56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Drum16 (b) Lotus!Sand!Kite70
- 35.🔐 “lotustigermoonsand” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2017 (b) drum_corn_rain_63
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) Neem-Hill-Sand36
- 39.🔐 “Seed-Neem-2010” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemChaiLotus76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- MangoBellCorn31
- pond@fern@dust@23
- 3
- strong
- strong
- lotus#bell#mango#24
- 12
- weak
- weak
- 3
- NestWheelLeaf26
- risky
- 1
- PearlMoonShell16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- seed@hill@nest@45
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Cloud#Brick#Toast73
- in your head
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- 19
- weak
- ship!mango!plum!51
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lotus!Sand!Kite70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- drum_corn_rain_63
- 3
- Neem-Hill-Sand36
- has a name or year
- 15
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