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 “Saanvi_Chai_32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Brick_Wheel85 (b) Neem!Corn!2009
- 3.🔐 Is “Nisha-Pond-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-Lotus-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “TentLeafRain54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangorainkite60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainWheelCorn54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “BellMoonChai44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “Lake_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Frog.71” 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 “kiteshellbell53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “tentrainchaitoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@51 (b) Corn.Vine.Cloud35
- 15.🔐 “cloudbellvinemoon” 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
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “leafmangotiger33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Arjun2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinekitemango39 (b) Kite#Pearl#Dust57
- 20.🔐 “seedhilltent42” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “River!13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “bellboatrain39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “neemrainriver65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2015 (b) Dust_Lotus_Chai41
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_sand_wolf_38 (b) lotustigerhillvine
- 28.🔐 “Ishaan-Cloud-86” 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
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickLampFern67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-68 (b) FernBellKite20
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “River@86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Tent.Cloud72 (b) Kabir2010
- 34.🔐 “fernplumrain62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@82 (b) hill@frog@dust@51
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Pearl78 (b) ToastLeafTiger41
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumBrickBell12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!Tent!Bell72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship-Shell-Lamp86 (b) qwerty69
Answer key
- 4
- Pearl_Brick_Wheel85
- weak
- 15
- 14
- 2
- 3
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Corn.Vine.Cloud35
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 16
- weak
- Kite#Pearl#Dust57
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- in your head
- 8
- weak
- 15
- Dust_Lotus_Chai41
- lamp_sand_wolf_38
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 3
- FernBellKite20
- 8
- Plum.Tent.Cloud72
- fewer than 3 kinds
- hill@frog@dust@51
- ToastLeafTiger41
- 3
- 9
- 4
- Ship-Shell-Lamp86
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