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) Password_Gold71 (b) GoldMoonNeem38
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Boat@Gold41 (b) Ishaan@Sand@23
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun.Ship.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Gold#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha#Lotus#80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “lotusplumcorntent” 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
- 7.🔐 “Arjun-Dust-46” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@lake@tiger@21 (b) Seed_Tiger_2011
- 9.🔐 “wolfrainshippond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 11.🔐 Is “Lake@88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “tigercornbrickbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@sand@lotus@67 (b) Sand#18
- 14.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondneemrainbrick (b) brick.kite.plum.69
- 16.🔐 “Welcome-Kite75” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger_Vine_Rain75 (b) cornmoongoldboat
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellvinefernkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Cloud51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Rain_Mango_Sand17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “KiteDustCorn85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Drum!14 (b) Rain#Tiger#Hill16
- 23.🔐 Is “WolfLeafPearl86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillPlumKite11 (b) River_60
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#Moon#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai#19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “lake.lotus.ship.88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “welcome35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Neem-Cloud30 (b) Kabir_Lamp_14
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “sand!wolf!nest!49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Bell#Wolf#2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 34.🔐 Is “Boat!Leaf!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Kite#Tiger#Gold18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Mango#Gold73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumWolfDust89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “river@wheel@ship@88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- GoldMoonNeem38
- Frog@Boat@Gold41
- 4
- weak
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- boat@lake@tiger@21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- weak
- weak
- brick@sand@lotus@67
- weak
- brick.kite.plum.69
- has a common word
- Tiger_Vine_Rain75
- 1
- 4
- strong
- strong
- Rain#Tiger#Hill16
- strong
- 10
- HillPlumKite11
- 14
- 7
- strong
- weak
- 3
- Kite-Neem-Cloud30
- 17
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- 18
- 14
- 4
- 19
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