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 “Sand#Cloud#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Dust@37” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondtoastlotus41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “SeedLakeSand11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldplumcorntent (b) brick!plum!river!73
- 7.🔐 “Meera.Dust.59” 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
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Neem37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 11.🔐 “corntoastwheel14” 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
- 12.🔐 “Password!Moon24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust!Lamp!Gold38 (b) Nisha2009
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Gold#2010 (b) lotus#mango#wolf#85
- 16.🔐 “cornfernplumsand” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “plumcloudwheelleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Tiger.Chai.Wheel50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Rain-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “PondShellPearl54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Vine.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Corn@59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “cloudmangocorn12” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Fern@Chai25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou31 (b) DrumDustBrick62
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 27.🔐 “Rohan!Mango!32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Wolf.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “SandMoonCorn40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Arjun_Moon_37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “goldboatmooncorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “wheelbellbrickfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickneemrainvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “hillbellfernkite” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Neem-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudShellShip26 (b) plumlotuspondfrog
- 39.🔐 “lampneemtigerdrum” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_River_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 2
- strong
- 9
- brick!plum!river!73
- has a name or year
- 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- Dust!Lamp!Gold38
- in your head
- lotus#mango#wolf#85
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 4
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- DrumDustBrick62
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 4
- risky
- 10
- strong
- has a name or year
- 16
- weak
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- CloudShellShip26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
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