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 characters are in “Nisha#Brick#63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Wheel39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Sand!56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Lake_Sand81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “plumlampship24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “tent@nest@toast@13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 9.🔐 Is “Gold!Fern!Hill33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “frog!leaf!river!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed_moon_corn_54 (b) mangocornwheeltent
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Plum-Lake46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastgoldpearllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frog!lotus!mango!14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “brickwheelleafhill” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Mango67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Drum@Boat@Hill78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlToastShip86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Boat32 (b) plum#sand#lake#85
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferntigerlake67 (b) wolf.bell.corn.72
- 22.🔐 Is “Meera.Rain.33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Leaf#Boat#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “admin19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Frog@Lotus@Tiger60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.nest.tent.81 (b) Meera!River!30
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Boat.Chai.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatshellbellriver (b) Brick.Nest.Toast49
- 30.🔐 “Drum!Mango!2008” 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
- 31.🔐 “fernseedlamp28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondlotuspearldust (b) Mango@Lotus@Neem54
- 33.🔐 “Nisha#Shell#61” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf-brick-river-81 (b) Aarav!Plum!30
- 35.🔐 Is “shellsandriver85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Leaf!10 (b) mango-ship-nest-16
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Wheel@67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Plum_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) LampFernWolf54
Answer key
- 14
- 9
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 16
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- 18
- seed_moon_corn_54
- 4
- 1
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- 16
- risky
- plum#sand#lake#85
- wolf.bell.corn.72
- weak
- weak
- 7
- strong
- tiger.nest.tent.81
- 3
- weak
- Brick.Nest.Toast49
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Mango@Lotus@Neem54
- has a name or year
- wolf-brick-river-81
- weak
- mango-ship-nest-16
- 4
- 4
- weak
- LampFernWolf54
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