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 “shipriverseed55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Tent!Lamp!2013” 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
- 3.🔐 “Rohan-Toast-24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Chai36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “vinetoasttentfern” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandgoldkitewolf (b) lotus.sand.dust.75
- 8.🔐 Is “brickcloudbell78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “seed.river.lake.66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) golddrumtoast33 (b) Hill_Nest_Toast80
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) hill#toast#seed#59
- 12.🔐 “Bell#21” 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.🔐 “Bell#27” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemSandMango48 (b) lakelotusseedchai
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Lamp48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Leaf.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Rain11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!ship!mango!69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelrivernest74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Arjun.Brick.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.plum.toast.40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Nest18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Shell14 (b) Brick_Nest_Plum31
- 27.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!nest!fern!27 (b) River!Mango!2016
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Tiger!Boat43 (b) Shell#32
- 30.🔐 Is “froglotussand46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “sandwheeltentmango” 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
- 32.🔐 “tigerlampshell18” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Moon_Neem_Lotus78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “laketigerchai87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome23 (b) Corn-Fern-Moon66
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Nest_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “hillwolfpondlamp” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “cornmangomoontiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Letmein#Gold27” 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
Answer key
- 15
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- risky
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lotus.sand.dust.75
- weak
- strong
- Hill_Nest_Toast80
- hill#toast#seed#59
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- NeemSandMango48
- 13
- 14
- 4
- 3
- 16
- 2
- weak
- 3
- in your head
- 18
- 13
- Brick_Nest_Plum31
- weak
- gold!nest!fern!27
- Ship!Tiger!Boat43
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- Corn-Fern-Moon66
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 7
- has a common word
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