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 characters are in “Diya@Neem@15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinefrogdrumnest (b) Tiger#Wheel#River70
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Tiger#Wolf23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “fernvinecornnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Plum#Chai#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🎂 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
- 8.🔐 “Letmein_Drum12” 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
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Shell40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Aarav2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Welcome.Neem16” 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
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 14.🔐 Is “Letmein#Seed17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Toast.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) pond-hill-rain-44
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) belldustship88 (b) rain-lotus-drum-55
- 19.🔐 Is “Sand-Ship-Tent39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipBoatNeem31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@81 (b) Rain_Mango_Drum85
- 22.🔐 “Cloud@Vine@2010” 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 24.🔐 “Boat#30” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatshipkitelotus (b) Dust#Wolf#Drum88
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Wheel#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfgoldwheel12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “leafboattoast61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Lake16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Pearl!2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “VineSandLotus41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “frogtentlamp16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick.Wheel.Tiger57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglotuswolfleaf (b) HillCloudShip21
- 35.🔐 Is “Rain!Seed!Fern19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “frogseedbrickneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Moon-Pond39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “river.shell.sand.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 12
- Tiger#Wheel#River70
- 17
- 16
- 4
- weak
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- emojis
- 14
- weak
- has a common word
- 12
- weak
- weak
- pond-hill-rain-44
- 3
- rain-lotus-drum-55
- strong
- 14
- Rain_Mango_Drum85
- has a name or year
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- Dust#Wolf#Drum88
- 4
- 2
- 15
- 4
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 19
- HillCloudShip21
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 19
- 3
- 4
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