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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 2.🔐 “Password@Mango17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 6.🔐 Is “Frog#47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “ToastShellKite49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “lamplakepearl19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Ishaan.Nest.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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatFrogBrick80 (b) Saanvi-Toast-34
- 12.🔐 Is “Hill.Wolf.Toast77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 “Ananya.Frog.42” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!neem!lamp!18 (b) Qwerty@Gold30
- 16.🔐 Is “PearlSeedDust63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Drum60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornraintigerdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “fernplumcloudrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “drumtentlamp10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@River51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “KiteSeedPearl39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Mango#36 (b) BellCornSeed45
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!Seed!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Moon#56” 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
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 29.🔐 “Wheel.81” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernrivertoastlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlakeshipcloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Drum#Tiger#Shell44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn_Boat_Neem14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Drum-Nest28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Fern!Pearl!Mango27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “hillbellbrick61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Chai!12” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “password25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- risky
- has a common word
- 12
- 7
- 3
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a name or year
- BoatFrogBrick80
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- river!neem!lamp!18
- strong
- 15
- 10
- 1
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- strong
- BellCornSeed45
- in your head
- 14
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 1
- 1
- strong
- 16
- 16
- strong
- weak
- 9
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 10
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