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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlTigerGold52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Kite.Tent27 (b) qwerty54
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatdustmango21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine-44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Moon69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_80 (b) Hill_Leaf_Pearl11
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon@bell@boat@17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship@cloud@toast@43 (b) Meera-Sand-88
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Hill.2016 (b) Lamp#Frog#Corn59
- 11.🔐 Is “River#Hill#Sand57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “riverneemsand79” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Kabir@Seed@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickcloudshellleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Gold#River10 (b) Moon!34
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 21.🔐 Is “Diya@Corn@42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 23.🔐 “Kite!14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 26.🔐 Is “Password@Tiger35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “ToastTigerCorn79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Lake_Shell83 (b) hillriversandleaf
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Kite-Lotus71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_Dust_52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “vinecorngoldwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@53 (b) Lotus.Cloud.River21
- 35.🔐 Is “Leaf#Neem#Lake35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “tentkitedrum23” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “wolfpearltent36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “neem!seed!brick!65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Chai.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “boatbelllampgold” 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
Answer key
- 3
- Plum.Kite.Tent27
- 2
- 4
- 4
- risky
- Hill_Leaf_Pearl11
- 3
- ship@cloud@toast@43
- Lamp#Frog#Corn59
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- weak
- 1
- 12
- 3
- 7
- Wheel#Gold#River10
- 3
- weak
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- 3
- in your head
- weak
- 7
- strong
- Kite_Lake_Shell83
- 4
- 4
- 8
- 16
- Lotus.Cloud.River21
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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