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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 2.🔐 Is “goldneemshell76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick!25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Drum_Gold52 (b) Iloveyou@Lamp81
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “tent!cloud!lotus!73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat#Lotus#Plum71 (b) Diya2008
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellshipgoldneem (b) Lotus_Dust_Leaf21
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@chai@lamp@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Drum14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 11.🔐 “sandmooncloud58” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-bell-river-38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Sand62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Neem.Pearl17 (b) River_Lamp_2014
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “admin36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “iloveyou67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Bell.Tiger24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Pond.Frog.Tent79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “goldcorncloudshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🗝️ 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
- 22.🔐 “cloudcornbell31” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf@rain@drum@21 (b) Nisha.Drum.35
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 25.🔐 “Qwerty_Rain49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Toast.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Rain38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatFernShell15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Vihaan#Shell#30” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “chai.gold.shell.12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_River_Dust76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Brick-47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Lotus!Shell!2008” 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
- 35.🔐 “Password@Tiger29” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2014 (b) ShipPearlDust21
- 37.🔐 Is “tigervinefrog17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Drum@Boat@2016” 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
- 39.🔐 “Kabir_Plum_25” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Neem@57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- emojis
- weak
- 4
- Leaf_Drum_Gold52
- 19
- Boat#Lotus#Plum71
- Lotus_Dust_Leaf21
- 3
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- 3
- 12
- Fern.Neem.Pearl17
- 7
- weak
- 17
- strong
- 18
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf@rain@drum@21
- 12
- has a common word
- 16
- 13
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 17
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- ShipPearlDust21
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 13
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