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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Leaf#22 (b) frog-boat-kite-53
- 2.🔐 Is “Tiger#27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2013 (b) NeemTigerMango75
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 7.🔐 Is “welcome14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Brick!Neem!2014” 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
- 9.🔐 “Saanvi-Wolf-54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Lake_Lotus32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#tiger#pond#44 (b) Lake_39
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandhillchaidrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “KiteGoldLake31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya.Pond.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Kite#Dust#Frog45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 21.🔐 “Sand-Dust-2010” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan_Pond_55 (b) Pond_Hill_Cloud60
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivershellpearlchai (b) Lake#Gold#Wolf32
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty27 (b) sand_fern_chai_79
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Ship#2008 (b) Hill@Pearl@Vine37
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Rain!Plum29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Nest!2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Kite#Cloud#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!seed!cloud!58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Wolf_58” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Leaf#Dust75 (b) Hill-83
- 33.🔐 Is “bellshelllotushill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-32 (b) toast-brick-pond-87
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.Dust.Leaf29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiBellPlum50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-river-sand-80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteferndrum44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “wolf_ship_seed_15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- frog-boat-kite-53
- weak
- NeemTigerMango75
- 4
- 9
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- drum#tiger#pond#44
- 3
- 2
- 1
- strong
- emojis
- 12
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- has a name or year
- Pond_Hill_Cloud60
- Lake#Gold#Wolf32
- sand_fern_chai_79
- Hill@Pearl@Vine37
- 16
- weak
- 14
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- Toast#Leaf#Dust75
- weak
- toast-brick-pond-87
- 4
- 14
- 3
- risky
- 2
- strong
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