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) boatwolfnest48 (b) shell-lake-leaf-52
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 3.🔐 Is “LakeShipPond29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty17 (b) Mango.Wheel.Kite89
- 5.🔐 Is “Kite_Toast_Pearl56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Lotus.Toast60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Wolf!Boat!Drum15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “sandkitebrick87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Boat46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Dust62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 14.🔐 Is “Tent!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Gold.Rain40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Letmein-Sand70” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-gold-mango-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Pearl.Tent24 (b) welcome27
- 24.🔐 Is “seed-pond-sand-39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Kite-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Sand_Tent71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “wheelgoldmango49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Pond!Tent40 (b) Saanvi2014
- 29.🔐 Is “Password.Drum32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Seed_Hill18 (b) boatpearlmoonfern
- 31.🔐 “Password!Lamp81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoBellPlum33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Lamp.87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Password_Bell30” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Mango#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangolampplum12 (b) ShellDrumLake67
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Leaf-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “password43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “shipshellwheel71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- shell-lake-leaf-52
- 3
- strong
- Mango.Wheel.Kite89
- strong
- 19
- strong
- 15
- 14
- 3
- 4
- 4
- risky
- weak
- weak
- 4
- in your head
- 9
- has a common word
- 19
- 10
- emojis
- Lamp.Pearl.Tent24
- strong
- 14
- 17
- weak
- Chai!Pond!Tent40
- weak
- Vine_Seed_Hill18
- has a common word
- 15
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 12
- ShellDrumLake67
- 13
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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