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 “Nisha-Chai-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Welcome@Rain51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Tiger!River11 (b) pondlakenestbell
- 5.🔐 “Meera-Drum-24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “tentgoldbrick55” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel_seed_vine_13 (b) iloveyou89
- 9.🔐 Is “Password_Corn62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentleafriver24 (b) plum.lamp.chai.31
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl@sand@wolf@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Rain@Lamp37 (b) Welcome@Wolf25
- 13.🔐 Is “Sand.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “bell.tent.drum.33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Tent_Cloud66 (b) Rohan2011
- 16.🔐 Is “lotusseedcloud70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_lotus_kite_16 (b) Rain.Sand.2009
- 19.🔐 Is “neem#toast#hill#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillBellDrum36 (b) River-Leaf-2017
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 23.🔐 “Dust!Rain!2010” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellDrumNest81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Aarav.Fern.63” 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
- 26.🔐 “River@Nest@2012” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Seed!Tiger32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Kite!89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudriverpearlseed (b) drum!neem!wheel!18
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 34.🔐 Is “Gold@Moon@Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!drum!ship!86 (b) Mango@58
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampHillBoat27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Brick-Lake75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#river#dust#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 13
- weak
- in your head
- Frog!Tiger!River11
- has a name or year
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wheel_seed_vine_13
- weak
- plum.lamp.chai.31
- 3
- Cloud@Rain@Lamp37
- weak
- strong
- Leaf_Tent_Cloud66
- weak
- others can guess it
- pond_lotus_kite_16
- strong
- 12
- HillBellDrum36
- 3
- has a name or year
- 15
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 4
- drum!neem!wheel!18
- 4
- emojis
- strong
- fern!drum!ship!86
- 3
- risky
- 17
- 3
- 7
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