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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-Ship-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 4.🔐 Is “ChaiSeedRiver67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2017 (b) BellRiverDrum37
- 6.🔐 Is “WolfBoatDrum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir.Lotus.36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RainVineNest87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “leaf.lamp.brick.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Cloud@Kite54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “letmein18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Plum#Dust#Hill19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Drum.2011 (b) vine_wolf_kite_34
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!River49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellLotusRain51 (b) drumplumnestcloud
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Boat_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-dust-vine-44 (b) golddrumleaf29
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldDrumWolf35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainNeemLeaf67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “vine@nest@neem@34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog@Shell@2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “nestkitecorn21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein78 (b) nest_rain_neem_70
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Dust28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Iloveyou.Mango34” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivermangoleafdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Mango-Dust-Boat71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2017 (b) LeafLotusSand72
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustSeedBrick26 (b) Corn.11
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 34.🔐 “Vihaan@Bell@43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 35.🔐 Is “Moon.Lotus.Dust62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “shellwolfboat83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “neemwheelwolfsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya#Bell#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “cornneemshipgold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- risky
- 4
- 12
- strong
- BellRiverDrum37
- strong
- 14
- 14
- strong
- 18
- weak
- strong
- 3
- vine_wolf_kite_34
- 15
- ShellLotusRain51
- 4
- ship-dust-vine-44
- 14
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- nest_rain_neem_70
- in your head
- 4
- has a common word
- 1
- strong
- LeafLotusSand72
- DustSeedBrick26
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- strong
- 15
- 17
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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