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.🔐 Is “toast@vine@tiger@55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nest!shell!wheel!40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Tiger#33” 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
- 5.🔐 “Ananya#Pond#89” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!bell!cloud!60 (b) Meera2009
- 7.🔐 “Kabir@Nest@34” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Kite#Pond63 (b) plumtigerdust12
- 9.🔐 “Letmein_Neem74” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest@Lotus@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “tent#neem#leaf#27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Bell#River#Sand82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “LampRainShip29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Tara_Lotus_49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “kite-pond-gold-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Fern#Boat#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty-Lotus31” 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
- 18.🔐 “Qwerty_Lamp84” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “leaffernvinemango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Lamp#77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 23.🔐 Is “hill.gold.cloud.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaiboattoastleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Ship-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafTigerLamp77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondusttentvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!River!Pearl24 (b) shipdustdrum51
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Boat.Neem68 (b) Gold-26
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 32.🔐 Is “Lake@Gold@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@vine@lamp@28 (b) nestshellrainfrog
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudPondLake26 (b) Rohan.Mango.84
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Tiger.74 (b) brick#vine#seed#30
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!Drum!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “cloudlamplotus39” 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
- 38.🔐 “Chai_24” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “Rohan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-79 (b) Chai-Frog-Plum12
Answer key
- strong
- in your head
- 19
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- lotus!bell!cloud!60
- has a name or year
- Mango#Kite#Pond63
- has a common word
- 15
- strong
- strong
- 14
- weak
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- risky
- 12
- strong
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 1
- Neem!River!Pearl24
- Chai.Boat.Neem68
- emojis
- 3
- weak
- gold@vine@lamp@28
- CloudPondLake26
- brick#vine#seed#30
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Chai-Frog-Plum12
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