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 “Leaf-Corn-Dust21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickSeedBoat58 (b) Tiger!72
- 3.🔐 Is “LampTigerDust48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir_Tiger_87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Kite_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-river-bell-88 (b) leafriverfrogplum
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Chai45 (b) Lake!Vine!Plum40
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome12 (b) shell-leaf-mango-58
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2010 (b) VineGoldSand23
- 12.🔐 “Drum#Brick#2017” 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
- 13.🔐 “Pearl-57” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Bell#Dust#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum_neem_vine_64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastGoldPearl83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoneemleafship (b) hill@tent@frog@61
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl_Shell_2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Iloveyou!Dust15” 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
- 22.🔐 “neemtoastvinetent” 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
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 24.🔐 “toastcornship68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Is “chaifernpondbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudShellDrum12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Lamp42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “pondwheelship41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillnestchaiseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteRiverTent39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumChaiVine62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Vine.75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Neem#Kite36 (b) Rohan#Wheel#34
- 34.🔐 “Kabir#Pearl#57” 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
- 35.🔐 “leafcorntoast62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty85 (b) NeemBoatMoon56
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest@Hill@Wheel47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “cloudwheelplumnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- BrickSeedBoat58
- strong
- 4
- 12
- in your head
- 12
- rain-river-bell-88
- Lake!Vine!Plum40
- shell-leaf-mango-58
- VineGoldSand23
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 3
- 16
- others can guess it
- hill@tent@frog@61
- 10
- 16
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 16
- 15
- weak
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 4
- Hill#Neem#Kite36
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemBoatMoon56
- 17
- 10
- weak
- 9
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