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) Arjun2012 (b) hill.drum.plum.52
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-kite-neem-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Dust.Toast39 (b) Shell!Neem!2017
- 6.🔐 “neemshellrain71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 Is “Nest-Shell-Hill16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 9.🔐 Is “Lotus-Boat-Mango21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusKitePond37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamplotustigerpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “chaishippond23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Nest_Mango25 (b) plumtigercloudbrick
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2015 (b) lotus#hill#chai#33
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moongoldship51 (b) Vine!Boat!Pond53
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corntoasttenttiger (b) drum_ship_fern_40
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raincloudkite80 (b) Mango#Rain#Leaf52
- 21.🔐 Is “LeafRainRiver22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfDrumSeed59 (b) Meera_Lotus_79
- 23.🔐 Is “Welcome@Hill12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “Nest#Shell#Lotus44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Lotus#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Lotus!Drum!Ship28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Drum@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Neem@Tiger@2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi.Tiger.37 (b) Chai#Wolf#Neem66
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumlampwheelship (b) kite#nest#wolf#39
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “password22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya_Shell_38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Gold_Neem_2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Toast65 (b) lamp-boat-sand-34
- 36.🔐 Is “Lamp!Rain!Hill77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “tigerplumlake20” 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
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@fern@neem@19 (b) iloveyou76
- 40.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Dust26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- hill.drum.plum.52
- emojis
- weak
- 17
- Neem.Dust.Toast39
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- risky
- strong
- 15
- 3
- 1
- in your head
- 2
- weak
- Lotus_Nest_Mango25
- lotus#hill#chai#33
- Vine!Boat!Pond53
- drum_ship_fern_40
- Mango#Rain#Leaf52
- strong
- WolfDrumSeed59
- weak
- strong
- 4
- strong
- 14
- weak
- Chai#Wolf#Neem66
- 2
- kite#nest#wolf#39
- 10
- 4
- weak
- lamp-boat-sand-34
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- moon@fern@neem@19
- weak
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