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.🔐 “Vihaan.Pearl.66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger#drum#tent#27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemKiteFern78 (b) leafvineponddrum
- 5.🔐 Is “Drum_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Password@Dust23” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuslampgold74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2015 (b) NeemShellDrum12
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlseedcorntoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-78 (b) fern@hill@lotus@44
- 12.🔐 Is “Frog@Hill@Kite39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Leaf63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “DrumCornHill29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Lamp57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedKiteCloud57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.boat.leaf.83 (b) mangotigerneemseed
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Neem.Frog61 (b) Meera#Frog#56
- 20.🔐 “Arjun.Hill.75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldchaimoondrum (b) Nest!Kite!Chai21
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#Chai#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “drumfroggold66” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Sand.Seed.Tiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Mango!32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedKiteDrum13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Cloud-Lamp37 (b) nestkiterain34
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 31.🔐 “Plum.Tiger.2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudHillLotus82 (b) Rohan@Leaf@38
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Lamp.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “bell!cloud!drum!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Meera.Drum.42” 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
- 36.🔐 “pondmangogoldseed” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Moon#61 (b) Tent!Boat!Leaf57
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “password31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “vinelotusneembrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2014 (b) TigerWheelLake52
Answer key
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- NeemKiteFern78
- weak
- has a common word
- 15
- NeemShellDrum12
- 1
- 12
- fern@hill@lotus@44
- strong
- 4
- strong
- 14
- risky
- 3
- tiger.boat.leaf.83
- Cloud.Neem.Frog61
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- Nest!Kite!Chai21
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- 3
- 4
- Hill-Cloud-Lamp37
- in your head
- has a name or year
- CloudHillLotus82
- 15
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Tent!Boat!Leaf57
- 10
- 18
- TigerWheelLake52
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