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) Admin.Cloud48 (b) CloudHillPond22
- 2.🔐 Is “Pond_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Pond_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Iloveyou#Sand23” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “mango!drum!frog!17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 8.🔐 Is “nest!hill!mango!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “pondpearlship68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Dust.2012 (b) Kite.Pearl.Rain63
- 12.🔐 Is “River!Ship!Hill13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Cloud!Boat12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Kite-Pearl32 (b) Drum_Boat_2011
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Dust_Pearl74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Boat.Rain57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “HillNestMango89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumgoldneemship (b) Mango#Ship#Wolf81
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “vine_pearl_corn_21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “river.shell.cloud.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Moon61 (b) drum.bell.wolf.13
- 23.🔐 Is “BoatPlumCorn68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “bell!hill!leaf!68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern@bell@seed@63 (b) kiteshipmangopond
- 26.🔐 Is “Kabir-Sand-21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2015 (b) gold@ship@frog@27
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.tiger.gold.54 (b) drumrivertoast64
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverLotusCloud62 (b) Shell@Lake@2017
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlseedtent44 (b) lamp#neem#kite#25
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Ship_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Aarav#Lotus#26” 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
- 34.🔐 “Neem_Corn_2010” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “admin54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Qwerty_Pond28” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Wolf_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2018 (b) Drum-Moon-Lotus65
- 39.🔐 Is “Cloud!Rain!Frog24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “ship@shell@tent@12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- CloudHillPond22
- weak
- in your head
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- Kite.Pearl.Rain63
- strong
- 17
- Vine-Kite-Pearl32
- 4
- 4
- 4
- strong
- Mango#Ship#Wolf81
- 18
- strong
- drum.bell.wolf.13
- strong
- 17
- fern@bell@seed@63
- weak
- gold@ship@frog@27
- moon.tiger.gold.54
- RiverLotusCloud62
- lamp#neem#kite#25
- 12
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 7
- has a common word
- 4
- Drum-Moon-Lotus65
- strong
- strong
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