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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) PondKiteWheel17
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Dust@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlakepondchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern!seed!pearl!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “WheelLampLotus58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.seed.rain.20 (b) Tara2010
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold!nest!lotus!46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#59 (b) Vine!Nest!Kite50
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellcornpearl34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Nest_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “hillfrogplumcorn” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Is “Kite.Boat.Pearl38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand#ship#neem#61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Lotus-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@31 (b) shell-sand-hill-28
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-bell-seed-13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelChaiVine20 (b) password31
- 22.🔐 “sandtigershipcloud” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondWheelWolf75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipPlumBrick46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#27 (b) Tiger_Neem_Mango75
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “PondPearlDrum77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#44 (b) Tiger-Cloud-Vine88
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Boat-2015 (b) Rain@Ship@Neem87
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastNeemLamp84 (b) pearlneemshipfern
- 33.🔐 “Kabir!Frog!73” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@River62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!boat!rain!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shippearlneem78 (b) Cloud-Plum-Corn28
- 38.🔐 “wheelsandponddrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “HillMangoDrum74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-wheel-hill-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- PondKiteWheel17
- 4
- 1
- 3
- strong
- in your head
- moon.seed.rain.20
- 3
- Vine!Nest!Kite50
- 2
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 3
- 4
- shell-sand-hill-28
- 3
- 10
- risky
- WheelChaiVine20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- Tiger_Neem_Mango75
- 4
- strong
- Tiger-Cloud-Vine88
- 12
- 3
- Rain@Ship@Neem87
- ToastNeemLamp84
- has a name or year
- 4
- 7
- 3
- Cloud-Plum-Corn28
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 3
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