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) Bell#Gold#Mango23 (b) lotuscornsandmango
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nest@kite@tiger@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya.Pond.84 (b) DrumWolfRain57
- 5.🔐 “chaigoldbrickcloud” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Leaf!Mango68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “nestwheelpond86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Pond!Lake75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Tiger#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 12.🔐 Is “Vihaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Toast_Gold_Wolf65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Neem68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlbellmango22 (b) Toast#Brick#Neem50
- 17.🔐 “Tara@Ship@18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Lotus.70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Neem.Moon23 (b) Diya2016
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password46 (b) pearl_kite_chai_65
- 22.🔐 Is “Lamp@Fern@Boat73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “moonvinetent68” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast@Bell@Neem53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Leaf#2012 (b) Bell#Neem#Pearl21
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinedrumwheel43 (b) toast@cloud@lake@23
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya_Gold_88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Arjun.Dust.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “RainToastBoat59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 32.🔐 “Fern#85” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi_Sand_23 (b) leaf@plum@wheel@28
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Moon.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinetigershipbrick (b) Wolf#Cloud#Kite13
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Wheel46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Rain#21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogRiverHill35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornShellVine47 (b) Tara.Seed.37
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverSandLotus67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Bell#Gold#Mango23
- emojis
- 18
- DrumWolfRain57
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 4
- 15
- 12
- weak
- strong
- risky
- 15
- Toast#Brick#Neem50
- has a name or year
- 2
- 14
- Sand.Neem.Moon23
- pearl_kite_chai_65
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Bell#Neem#Pearl21
- toast@cloud@lake@23
- 14
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 3
- shorter than 12
- leaf@plum@wheel@28
- 14
- Wolf#Cloud#Kite13
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 15
- CornShellVine47
- 16
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