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.🔐 “lotuslakewheelcloud” 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
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou25 (b) Mango@Hill@Brick28
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillwheelcloudneem (b) river_lotus_dust_39
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Lotus-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatTigerKite38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#Leaf#Moon56 (b) neemseedtent87
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Boat.68 (b) lotus.tiger.seed.10
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafChai22 (b) moonrivernesttent
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@45 (b) Toast_Dust_Fern32
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “goldshipdrum39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “PondKiteBoat55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Tiger61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Tent.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Pearl60 (b) lamp!rain!wheel!53
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Shell-50 (b) TigerGoldCorn38
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell!kite!pond!61 (b) nestlotuslake53
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmangobrick11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-Gold-Bell16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “rainpearllotustoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Wheel@Moon@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “neemshelllakewolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Lotus_Kite_2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 “Password-Kite78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔐 “Moon_32” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “kite#lake#river#55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “brickbellmangofrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “seedbrickpearl51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite@wheel@toast@22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp!cloud!ship!49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaftigerlotusboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 4
- risky
- Mango@Hill@Brick28
- river_lotus_dust_39
- 12
- 2
- 14
- 3
- 2
- Dust#Leaf#Moon56
- lotus.tiger.seed.10
- NeemLeafChai22
- Toast_Dust_Fern32
- 14
- strong
- 14
- weak
- 3
- lamp!rain!wheel!53
- TigerGoldCorn38
- shell!kite!pond!61
- 16
- in your head
- 4
- 19
- weak
- 17
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- 18
- weak
- others can guess it
- 3
- 18
- 1
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