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) shellrainlotus31 (b) LeafPlumTiger65
- 2.🔐 Is “lamp#cloud#toast#41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Ishaan_Neem_60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “neem@seed@pearl@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “Password@Lake49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 8.🎂 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
- 9.🔐 Is “dust-chai-moon-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Shell31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillTigerFern76 (b) Meera2010
- 12.🔐 Is “Diya@Ship@44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) ship#chai#moon#83
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Bell@Kite88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Frog@Drum@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Wolf#Boat#2008” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Wolf61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Bell-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Shell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2014 (b) drum-seed-ship-40
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlcornwheellamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Lamp@Dust@Vine39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemFernTiger69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_18 (b) chai.mango.wolf.62
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Chai35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel.hill.drum.35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain#lotus#shell#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “lamptigerleafboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “rivermangopearldust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Sand-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “seedmoontigerneem” 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
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_hill_toast_63 (b) Saanvi2008
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome78 (b) PondCornLamp52
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Brick!48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@nest@mango@31 (b) Aarav@Pearl@77
- 38.🔐 “Nisha@Bell@16” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-Wheel-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
Answer key
- LeafPlumTiger65
- strong
- has a name or year
- 7
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- others can guess it
- strong
- 15
- HillTigerFern76
- weak
- ship#chai#moon#83
- 16
- weak
- has a name or year
- 12
- 4
- weak
- drum-seed-ship-40
- 18
- strong
- 15
- chai.mango.wolf.62
- 14
- 18
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 9
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- pond_hill_toast_63
- PondCornLamp52
- 14
- rain@nest@mango@31
- has a name or year
- 15
- risky
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