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.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “Plum_Ship_2008” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “chai!lamp!mango!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “qwerty74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondneemgold28 (b) ShipLakeLotus21
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Lamp.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Brick!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Shell66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Nisha2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_moon_wheel_45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogshellboat30 (b) Seed!Rain!Brick85
- 16.🔐 “Shell!10” 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
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.River.Plum48 (b) mangolakechai27
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 21.🔐 “Welcome@Wheel74” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Wolf-Lotus-Drum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “corn!fern!lotus!86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatPearlLake49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “shipcloudleaflotus” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Toast25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellLakeShell63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!River!2008 (b) Wheel!Lotus!Tent82
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbelldrum44 (b) boat-lake-plum-88
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoDrumMoon12 (b) Rohan#Corn#46
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitechailampplum (b) CornSandLotus59
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Plum@Frog@Gold57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumWheelChai24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Tiger31 (b) Neem.Drum.Tiger70
- 37.🔐 “Chai@46” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.54 (b) WolfLampCorn41
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein45 (b) Lamp.Pond.Bell82
- 40.🔐 Is “Bell#87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 9
- ShipLakeLotus21
- 12
- in your head
- 15
- 16
- weak
- others can guess it
- 3
- Seed!Rain!Brick85
- shorter than 12
- risky
- Fern.River.Plum48
- 9
- 12
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- 9
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- Wheel!Lotus!Tent82
- boat-lake-plum-88
- MangoDrumMoon12
- CornSandLotus59
- 9
- strong
- 3
- Neem.Drum.Tiger70
- shorter than 12
- WolfLampCorn41
- Lamp.Pond.Bell82
- weak
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