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) Vihaan@Lotus@26 (b) BrickVineFern65
- 2.🔐 Is “Cloud_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!12 (b) ToastKiteShip65
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.Ship.Dust16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Rain@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine#17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 9.🔐 Is “CloudNeemNest22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Qwerty.Shell45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 12.🔐 Is “Moon@Seed@Corn48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Mango31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusGoldHill24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Chai#67” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Cloud!2010 (b) BoatNeemRain33
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 19.🔐 “Brick.Nest.2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-31 (b) river-wheel-bell-23
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Drum62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Frog@Toast@Kite25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Letmein-Corn65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn.Mango.Shell73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#23 (b) Gold.Plum.Frog25
- 27.🔐 Is “Letmein.River31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-Leaf-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Qwerty.Lake32” 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.🔐 “chaicornvine48” 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
- 31.🔐 “Moon.Pond.2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlChaiFrog50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornGoldHill13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “drum#river#cloud#34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern_pearl_neem_73 (b) Vihaan2008
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein84 (b) TigerShellToast54
Answer key
- BrickVineFern65
- weak
- ToastKiteShip65
- in your head
- 4
- 14
- 7
- 12
- strong
- has a common word
- risky
- strong
- 16
- 4
- 15
- shorter than 12
- BoatNeemRain33
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- river-wheel-bell-23
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 2
- 18
- Gold.Plum.Frog25
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 19
- 7
- fern_pearl_neem_73
- 8
- TigerShellToast54
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