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 “LampTigerChai65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent-Cloud-2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “ferndrumboatseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Toast45 (b) Tent.Chai.Wolf61
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiFrogMoon72 (b) Ananya#Dust#64
- 6.🔐 Is “Tent#Neem#Ship80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Wolf_66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “riverhillplum58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Nest.Pond33 (b) tentlotuswolf11
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Frog.11 (b) LampTigerRiver76
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Ananya-Fern-52” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Nest84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2016 (b) frog_neem_brick_12
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake!Chai!Vine62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 18.🔐 “Chai#Toast#2013” 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
- 19.🔐 “neemhillleaf46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverPlumDrum40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudNestChai64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonshipdrum25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#drum#lamp#77 (b) Lake_Moon_2017
- 24.🔐 Is “goldtentmoon75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonShellCloud52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “password45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “sandrainlakemoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Admin_Frog23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “admin64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Lotus!Hill55 (b) iloveyou77
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Ishaan-Hill-67” 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
- 33.🔐 “Aarav.Moon.77” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 36.🔐 Is “Lotus#Frog#Lake66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Mango.78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_mango_lotus_89 (b) Nisha2014
- 39.🔐 Is “letmein60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandcloudfernkite (b) Neem_Frog_Toast87
Answer key
- 15
- 15
- 16
- Tent.Chai.Wolf61
- ChaiFrogMoon72
- strong
- weak
- 15
- Tent.Nest.Pond33
- LampTigerRiver76
- 7
- has a name or year
- 15
- frog_neem_brick_12
- 16
- 12
- in your head
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- 2
- gold#drum#lamp#77
- weak
- 16
- 10
- 16
- weak
- 7
- Chai!Lotus!Hill55
- 7
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 8
- emojis
- strong
- 15
- kite_mango_lotus_89
- weak
- Neem_Frog_Toast87
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