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 kinds of characters does “Ananya.Moon.29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem-sand-corn-35 (b) lakepondseedmoon
- 3.🔐 “frogwheelcorncloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 Is “Sand_Cloud_Tiger60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “pond.nest.sand.56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteboatlotusneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) golddrumplum80 (b) Tent@Ship@Wolf21
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_28 (b) dust@plum@lamp@50
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha!Pearl!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestbellchaidrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat-corn-river-81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Sand@Ship18 (b) hilldrumseedbrick
- 15.🔐 Is “Kabir!Pearl!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 18.🔐 “shipriverwheel79” 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.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Bell63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_nest_dust_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@Kite@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “drumshellshipleaf” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestdrumshipsand (b) ShellSeedBoat88
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Seed@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Leaf46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “belllakenestgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Ship49 (b) Lamp_Wheel_Cloud31
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatgolddrum52 (b) sand!vine!neem!89
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglamptigergold (b) Chai@Boat@Neem74
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell#dust#rain#29 (b) Toast.40
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Nest@Gold42 (b) qwerty64
- 35.🔐 “Wolf.74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Is “shipseedlaketoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Nest@Seed37 (b) Qwerty_Tiger55
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@65 (b) PlumChaiBrick16
- 39.🔐 “mangoneemboat13” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Nest-Gold-Mango66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- neem-sand-corn-35
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- 17
- Tent@Ship@Wolf21
- dust@plum@lamp@50
- 3
- 4
- 12
- 1
- 3
- Mango@Sand@Ship18
- weak
- risky
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ShellSeedBoat88
- 4
- 4
- 16
- Lamp_Wheel_Cloud31
- sand!vine!neem!89
- Chai@Boat@Neem74
- shell#dust#rain#29
- emojis
- Mango@Nest@Gold42
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Wolf@Nest@Seed37
- PlumChaiBrick16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
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