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.🔐 “Pond@22” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernKiteLake78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast-kite-wheel-14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Plum!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem_cloud_rain_14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Arjun@Lake@14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Brick61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Corn67 (b) NestDrumVine78
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlotushill85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Pearl74 (b) mango-pearl-tiger-23
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Bell-49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumKiteLotus79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Drum-Nest59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “lamp!neem!leaf!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “LampRainLotus52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 22.🔐 Is “brickboatcloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “FernShipBrick21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Vine71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemTentTiger30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust-nest-cloud-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Sand!Bell!2014” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@Tiger36 (b) Mango-Wolf-Dust78
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “tentlotusmoonfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Vine29 (b) river@moon@ship@70
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud!moon!brick!30 (b) Kite.Lamp.2011
- 33.🔐 Is “Aarav@Lamp@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Wolf#Boat20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornTentTiger67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome12 (b) Bell-Lamp-Pearl14
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Vine_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Ship-36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “belllotusship60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 3
- weak
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 7
- weak
- 12
- 13
- NestDrumVine78
- risky
- 2
- mango-pearl-tiger-23
- 4
- 3
- 17
- strong
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- strong
- 12
- 15
- 3
- has a name or year
- Mango-Wolf-Dust78
- 2
- weak
- river@moon@ship@70
- cloud!moon!brick!30
- weak
- 17
- 3
- Bell-Lamp-Pearl14
- 15
- 7
- 4
- weak
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