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 “qwerty57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “kitelakecloudlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “pearllamptentbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlFernCloud12 (b) Rohan@Gold@38
- 7.🔐 Is “Saanvi2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 9.🔐 “Vine@55” 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
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat#Pond#Chai43 (b) Password-Boat17
- 12.🔐 “chaitoastdrummango” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Tiger-Lotus63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Cloud-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-frog-seed-75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogNeemMoon25 (b) Qwerty_Neem32
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl_sand_brick_78 (b) plumgoldwolfhill
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold.sand.chai.21 (b) Corn!Chai!2009
- 21.🔐 “plumdustkiteshell” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “FernTentWheel25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipChaiWolf41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Boat48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) moon_chai_ship_44
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Pearl#Nest31 (b) Pearl#61
- 30.🔐 “Qwerty#Corn74” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafkitenestdust (b) BoatVineBrick38
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelbrickfroggold (b) Wolf#Tiger#River12
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Sand-Vine18 (b) Kabir2009
- 34.🔐 Is “Diya2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainFrogShip28 (b) fernshellcloud66
- 36.🔐 Is “Rain.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lampdrumvineplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_River_Lotus24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-fern-toast-12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2008 (b) NestToastSeed51
Answer key
- 8
- weak
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- PearlFernCloud12
- weak
- risky
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- Boat#Pond#Chai43
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- emojis
- 15
- 3
- FrogNeemMoon25
- pearl_sand_brick_78
- 10
- gold.sand.chai.21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 12
- others can guess it
- 4
- 3
- 4
- moon_chai_ship_44
- Pond#Pearl#Nest31
- has a common word
- BoatVineBrick38
- Wolf#Tiger#River12
- Corn-Sand-Vine18
- weak
- RainFrogShip28
- weak
- 16
- 19
- 19
- NestToastSeed51
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