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.🔐 Is “Cloud#Drum#Tent64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog_shell_bell_39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@Drum70 (b) Brick.Leaf.Wolf18
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast.Mango.Fern46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “wheeltigerpearlrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Kite!Frog88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Lamp.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed#Tiger#Ship80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Aarav#River#79” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickhillseed72 (b) WheelRainFern47
- 14.🔐 Is “Cloud-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Wheel@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome44 (b) tiger-wolf-fern-32
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Sand!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Chai!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Lamp-Pond52 (b) Letmein_Corn66
- 21.🔐 “sandcornrainneem” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Neem88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “kite#neem#dust#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Hill44 (b) moon@seed@fern@83
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemDustBrick45 (b) Rohan_Fern_69
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “plumhillrain77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerLampRain61 (b) Tiger.Pearl.2012
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornwheeltentlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2014 (b) LampFernNeem88
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Kite89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustdrumfrog42 (b) Lake!Drum!Lotus85
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Nest@Moon85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-river-lake-17 (b) Saanvi-Kite-16
- 36.🔐 Is “Admin@Leaf30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlakenestbell (b) Gold-Fern-Tiger50
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Hill.75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-River25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “MoonFrogChai35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- in your head
- Brick.Leaf.Wolf18
- 12
- 18
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- WheelRainFern47
- weak
- 4
- tiger-wolf-fern-32
- 2
- 14
- 4
- Dust-Lamp-Pond52
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 17
- moon@seed@fern@83
- NeemDustBrick45
- 8
- 14
- TigerLampRain61
- 1
- LampFernNeem88
- 4
- Lake!Drum!Lotus85
- others can guess it
- 4
- moon-river-lake-17
- weak
- Gold-Fern-Tiger50
- 4
- 4
- strong
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