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) Lotus@Kite@2011 (b) LeafPondTiger11
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentWolfSand77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.River.Boat40 (b) admin26
- 4.🔐 “wheelmangoplumhill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_neem_dust_77 (b) Letmein@Ship25
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “BoatLeafWolf88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedtigerpearl26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonFernRain41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusneemchai29 (b) HillWheelChai18
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Kite39 (b) TigerTentLeaf47
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Tara2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudMoonNest10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “tentneemlamp38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan!Ship!24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumtigerfern77 (b) Sand!Cloud!Tiger81
- 22.🔐 “pondvineboathill” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou31 (b) Drum-Tiger-Cloud57
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “seedtigernestmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “drumtentbrick17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “LakePondTiger51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogVineNeem36 (b) neemkitebelltiger
- 30.🔐 Is “Vine!Lamp!Corn74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornkitewheelnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Wolf74 (b) Hill_Lotus_Kite62
- 34.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Lamp@38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “pond@river@wheel@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill@20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Mango.73” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “river!rain!corn!49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Drum.Lotus.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
Answer key
- LeafPondTiger11
- 3
- Kite.River.Boat40
- fewer than 3 kinds
- chai_neem_dust_77
- 10
- strong
- weak
- 2
- 9
- 14
- HillWheelChai18
- TigerTentLeaf47
- 10
- weak
- 15
- 14
- 3
- 4
- in your head
- Sand!Cloud!Tiger81
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Drum-Tiger-Cloud57
- 12
- 17
- 15
- strong
- 2
- FrogVineNeem36
- strong
- 1
- risky
- Hill_Lotus_Kite62
- weak
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 18
- weak
- emojis
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