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 “Saanvi!Drum!11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Pond.Rain.Seed79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “RainBoatDust70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Wheel_72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudshipplumriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Boat#74” 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
- 7.🔐 “Frog.69” 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
- 8.🔐 “Password#Dust17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 “Boat@Drum@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔐 “Leaf#Pond#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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 12.🔐 Is “LakeChaiLamp40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Qwerty.Frog67” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “DrumMangoRiver23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 16.🔐 Is “Nest!Leaf!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Nisha.Kite.42” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigertentwheelpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Neem#Tent85 (b) hilldrumrainlotus
- 20.🗝️ 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
- 21.🔐 “Seed-23” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill.Rain.Sand20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Frog#Gold#Dust13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Gold!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Tent.Dust22 (b) bellvinetentlotus
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-27 (b) Tiger_Plum_Drum39
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafrainneemnest (b) sand!river!nest!83
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Sand_Plum11 (b) letmein24
- 30.🔐 “Kabir#Drum#82” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumLampShip66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 33.🔐 “Diya_Rain_55” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Chai_Wolf_Drum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi#Neem#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Nest!Boat!Cloud11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldriverrain70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Mango!Corn!Toast42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-Moon-Drum70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “seedlotusriverdrum” 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
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 1
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 12
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 1
- Rain#Neem#Tent85
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- 16
- 3
- strong
- 14
- Drum.Tent.Dust22
- Tiger_Plum_Drum39
- sand!river!nest!83
- Corn_Sand_Plum11
- has a name or year
- 14
- risky
- has a name or year
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 2
- strong
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
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