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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake_54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipTigerFern25 (b) Pearl.87
- 5.🔐 Is “frog@plum@bell@73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Iloveyou_Cloud66” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Pond@Leaf10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#Kite#27 (b) Bell-Tiger-Plum69
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Drum@River49 (b) Tent#22
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “pondmoonseed16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Sand15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaidustcornplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Toast#70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Frog-10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerrivercornfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Password-Wolf77” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl_Sand_Dust71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.vine.chai.49 (b) chaishelllampsand
- 23.🔐 Is “TentMangoKite55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Qwerty-Mango78” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoPondPlum31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Hill_Vine35 (b) wolftoastseed54
- 28.🔐 “bellvinelotus57” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoNeemRiver54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-lamp-shell-28 (b) Password-Gold38
- 31.🔐 Is “drum-lotus-shell-33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Lake-Wheel-Bell29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Rain-85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “fernbrickleafseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlampneem12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogpondneemgold (b) GoldPlumShip34
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Lamp#22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seeddrumsand75 (b) BoatPondLeaf65
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai.hill.lamp.78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- risky
- 3
- 4
- ShipTigerFern25
- strong
- has a common word
- 2
- 2
- 16
- Bell-Tiger-Plum69
- Pond@Drum@River49
- 14
- 15
- 1
- 14
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 1
- has a common word
- 4
- tent.vine.chai.49
- strong
- 8
- has a common word
- 3
- Moon_Hill_Vine35
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- kite-lamp-shell-28
- strong
- strong
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 7
- GoldPlumShip34
- 13
- BoatPondLeaf65
- 3
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