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) Hill#Kite#Leaf80 (b) Qwerty@Lake31
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus#tiger#gold#80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Welcome!Lake35” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Mango42 (b) Lake@Mango@Shell60
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigercornmoonmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Meera_Bell_84” 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Mango-59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Plum28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Welcome@Rain47” 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
- 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Hill.Tent21 (b) Meera!Plum!20
- 15.🔐 Is “Toast.Dust.Hill23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Meera.Lotus.88” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Neem-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Pond.Drum55 (b) Diya@Fern@73
- 20.🔐 “Bell_Corn_2016” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Bell-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Boat#60 (b) HillFrogMango50
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango@hill@pearl@26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “RainDustBrick60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfdrumseed40 (b) Ship!Tiger!Sand13
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Corn77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password89 (b) Chai-Seed-Neem18
- 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 “Arjun.Plum.44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 32.🔐 “lampshipneemkite” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillTentVine65 (b) Vihaan#Chai#20
- 34.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Seed65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Chai!Rain!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Hill_32 (b) TigerTentWheel79
- 38.🔐 Is “letmein63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty62 (b) bell#plum#frog#17
- 40.🔐 Is “corn-moon-lake-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- Hill#Kite#Leaf80
- 3
- has a common word
- Lake@Mango@Shell60
- 1
- 7
- has a name or year
- risky
- 3
- weak
- 14
- has a common word
- in your head
- Wheel.Hill.Tent21
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- Brick.Pond.Drum55
- has a name or year
- 12
- HillFrogMango50
- 12
- 3
- strong
- Ship!Tiger!Sand13
- 14
- Chai-Seed-Neem18
- emojis
- 4
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- HillTentVine65
- weak
- 8
- weak
- TigerTentWheel79
- weak
- bell#plum#frog#17
- strong
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