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) seedtentpearl48 (b) Cloud#Frog#Ship63
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.sand.lotus.19 (b) Aarav2014
- 3.🔐 “Kite.58” 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
- 4.🔐 “Cloud!59” 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
- 5.🔐 “River@46” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Fern#Tent32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Password-Dust26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernrainwolfvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Corn_21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 11.🔐 “Iloveyou-Moon27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 14.🔐 Is “Aarav2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Kite-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Chai.Sand18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud!Brick!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “password40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Brick@Sand@2012” 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
- 20.🔐 “Welcome#Moon47” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudseeddustship (b) KiteRainDust20
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Tent#45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “admin38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Toast.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “SandBrickNest66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “Pond-43” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest_Vine_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Toast!Bell!Neem53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-River51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoGoldTent86 (b) Ishaan-Dust-54
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick.seed.river.81 (b) iloveyou35
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Dust-Rain-Moon39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “lampsandplum59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Admin#Corn67” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “rain-river-tiger-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Frog.Cloud.2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Cloud#Frog#Ship63
- moon.sand.lotus.19
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a common word
- 1
- weak
- risky
- has a common word
- 12
- in your head
- weak
- 4
- 16
- 16
- 10
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- KiteRainDust20
- 4
- weak
- 15
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- MangoGoldTent86
- brick.seed.river.81
- 7
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- has a name or year
- 2
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