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 “Aarav_Plum_12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineLotusKite56 (b) chairiverpondlamp
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeMoonBrick83 (b) Ishaan2010
- 6.🔐 Is “Seed.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@14 (b) River@Tiger@Nest78
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Brick-Gold30 (b) wolflamptent19
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf.Hill.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “chaimangolotusdust” 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
- 11.🔐 “Tent-59” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteMangoDust22 (b) welcome27
- 13.🔐 Is “Kite-Ship-Lake18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestCloudFrog60 (b) leaflotusbelldrum
- 15.🔐 “Fern-87” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Mango!Plum!Pond80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Chai.Hill17 (b) Meera2008
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoCloudToast43 (b) qwerty24
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Cloud@Tiger88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “goldmangolotusrain” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-Brick-Chai13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Ship#Rain31 (b) Diya2013
- 23.🔐 “Password@Toast59” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “TigerFrogKite67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “plumfernneem57” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Moon_67 (b) Mango.Lotus.Hill15
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Wheel.Toast84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat!Wolf!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineCornSand20 (b) Qwerty@Seed57
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#gold#moon#11 (b) iloveyou34
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerLotusSeed10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipTentWheel55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand_dust_boat_52 (b) Vihaan_Ship_80
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!15 (b) toast-vine-lamp-24
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipneemtiger35 (b) BrickMoonCloud34
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha!Bell!56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- in your head
- 7
- VineLotusKite56
- LakeMoonBrick83
- weak
- River@Tiger@Nest78
- Corn-Brick-Gold30
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- KiteMangoDust22
- strong
- NestCloudFrog60
- shorter than 12
- strong
- Toast.Chai.Hill17
- MangoCloudToast43
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- Nest#Ship#Rain31
- has a common word
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 10
- risky
- 3
- Mango.Lotus.Hill15
- 4
- 14
- VineCornSand20
- hill#gold#moon#11
- 3
- 3
- sand_dust_boat_52
- toast-vine-lamp-24
- BrickMoonCloud34
- 4
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