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 “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2018 (b) ChaiHillRain75
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Mango_River19 (b) vinefrogbricktent
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudseedlake62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Wheel46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Shell.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “boatriverlampkite” 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
- 8.🔐 “wolfwheelsandbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “rainlotusdust30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Hill@26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Diya@Hill@28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud!Leaf!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Toast-Fern-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 15.🔐 Is “Moon#River#Tiger14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Cloud#Lamp#Nest10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite#hill#boat#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Rain!16 (b) shell-pearl-gold-10
- 19.🔐 Is “Wheel_Moon_Nest26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_neem_ship_59 (b) Brick-57
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.39 (b) seed-gold-chai-47
- 22.🔐 “Corn@Dust@2018” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Plum15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Neem_20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSeedPlum84 (b) Arjun2008
- 26.🔐 “Tent-Lamp-2011” 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
- 27.🔐 “Kite.Sand.2015” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “BellShipToast26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 32.🔐 “raindrumhill64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 “shellfrogcorntoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Drum.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Wolf#Frog#2012” 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
- 36.🔐 “Letmein.Pond45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 Is “welcome66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogseedfernchai (b) Fern.Drum.Pearl31
- 39.🗝️ 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Mango@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- ChaiHillRain75
- Neem_Mango_River19
- 2
- 4
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 4
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 3
- shell-pearl-gold-10
- strong
- chai_neem_ship_59
- seed-gold-chai-47
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- FernSeedPlum84
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 3
- 15
- weak
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- weak
- Fern.Drum.Pearl31
- in your head
- 4
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