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 “Saanvi-Chai-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “lamp.toast.shell.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumToastSeed64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Chai.10 (b) tent!ship!corn!31
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondNestSand22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!hill!wheel!17 (b) wheelclouddrumtent
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Plum_Cloud84 (b) welcome48
- 10.🔐 “Cloud_46” 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
- 11.🔐 “Tara_Fern_20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin42 (b) WolfChaiShell17
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@Plum@Wolf40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoponddustleaf (b) BellWolfPearl77
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Ship_Cloud65 (b) goldtigerkite89
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Brick-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome74 (b) Nest.Lamp.Dust12
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.24 (b) Frog.Chai.Toast28
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonRiverCorn79 (b) Lamp.Ship.2008
- 21.🔐 Is “Pond.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_38 (b) moon.lake.lamp.43
- 23.🔐 Is “PlumFernMoon89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Hill!2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Kabir!Chai!35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔐 “Password!Toast21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Vine36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Leaf_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfSandChai26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 32.🔐 Is “Tara.Toast.89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!Moon!Toast55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Hill-Frog72 (b) Tent_Tiger_2017
- 36.🔐 Is “Ananya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeshiptigermoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Arjun2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerdustgoldfrog (b) tent!cloud!pond!76
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha@Lamp@86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 3
- tent!ship!corn!31
- in your head
- 3
- lotus!hill!wheel!17
- Rain_Plum_Cloud84
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- WolfChaiShell17
- 4
- BellWolfPearl77
- emojis
- River_Ship_Cloud65
- 14
- Nest.Lamp.Dust12
- Frog.Chai.Toast28
- MoonRiverCorn79
- weak
- moon.lake.lamp.43
- strong
- 14
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- 10
- 3
- 12
- weak
- 17
- 10
- Brick-Hill-Frog72
- weak
- 17
- weak
- tent!cloud!pond!76
- 4
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