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) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Pearl#River13 (b) Rain!Drum!2010
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “ShipTigerPond11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl_Seed_Rain47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Chai-72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Frog!24 (b) Sand_Tiger_Gold58
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Hill-Lake80 (b) welcome54
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellCloudRain44 (b) Meera2008
- 10.🔐 “fernboatbell39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfSeedLeaf86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedCloudRain49 (b) Cloud!Mango!2016
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Hill_31 (b) Dust#Cloud#Plum85
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango-nest-lamp-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonPearlWolf61 (b) bellplumkitedrum
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.Kite.Chai12 (b) Boat_28
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “brickleaflake10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “BrickFernPlum40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem-pond-sand-46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastpondshell65 (b) pond!mango!plum!24
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Nest-24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Drum@Neem14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “NeemSeedFrog50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Cloud!41 (b) Mango-Brick-Drum51
- 31.🔐 Is “BellPondNeem12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakepondgold82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeplumneemrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “nestleafshipbell” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Brick_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “rivergoldcloudchai” 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
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_Bell_Lake61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickrivercloudmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- risky
- Tent#Pearl#River13
- 4
- strong
- 17
- shorter than 12
- Sand_Tiger_Gold58
- Tiger-Hill-Lake80
- BellCloudRain44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 14
- 3
- SeedCloudRain49
- others can guess it
- in your head
- Dust#Cloud#Plum85
- 3
- MoonPearlWolf61
- Lake.Kite.Chai12
- 15
- strong
- 3
- pond!mango!plum!24
- 7
- weak
- 10
- 4
- strong
- Mango-Brick-Drum51
- strong
- 2
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 12
- 16
- 1
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