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 “Welcome.Cloud80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “wheelgoldchaikite” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatneemnest83 (b) cloud!kite!wolf!16
- 5.🔐 “boatmangoshell19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔐 “Tent!22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 “Saanvi_Vine_61” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-drum-shell-57 (b) Arjun@Drum@32
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “tentrainhill36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “Tiger-River-2013” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango.pearl.neem.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Brick55 (b) ShellFrogCorn46
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2012 (b) HillMoonBell41
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship#wolf#neem#19 (b) Wheel!Ship!2014
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Drum46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “bricklakepearl48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemBellBoat76 (b) Drum-Tiger-2014
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakeseedsandrain (b) BrickSandPlum67
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 21.🔐 Is “Tara#Leaf#41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “kite@bell@chai@85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Wheel@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite_Seed_River28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 26.🔐 “Brick.Hill.2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigershiptent15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentraingold85 (b) LotusNeemDust23
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 30.🔐 “Bell.Sand.2008” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “ShellRiverCloud65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Fern70 (b) Seed#Ship#Rain20
- 33.🔐 Is “Pond.Lotus.Cloud63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “boat.shell.ship.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick#Moon#Lotus84 (b) plumshipmango17
- 36.🔐 Is “Frog_Fern_Bell30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Frog@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Fern.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- cloud!kite!wolf!16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- chai-drum-shell-57
- 14
- has a name or year
- 3
- ShellFrogCorn46
- 3
- HillMoonBell41
- ship#wolf#neem#19
- 4
- 16
- NeemBellBoat76
- BrickSandPlum67
- emojis
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 2
- LotusNeemDust23
- risky
- has a name or year
- strong
- Seed#Ship#Rain20
- strong
- strong
- Brick#Moon#Lotus84
- strong
- in your head
- 4
- 14
- 3
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