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 “Kabir#Tiger#57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “drumbellkite32” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickLotusDrum72 (b) Password-Neem64
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Pearl16 (b) RiverSandLotus12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hilllakevine81 (b) Leaf_Boat_Plum19
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “admin33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 9.🔐 Is “seed_bell_boat_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumvinekitelamp (b) hill-mango-pond-39
- 12.🔐 “Vihaan_Wheel_45” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafshipchai41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Rohan#Seed#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 16.🔐 Is “Meera2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell!kite!drum!64 (b) bricklotusboat59
- 18.🔐 Is “VineKiteCloud18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Dust46 (b) river@plum@neem@78
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Ship#2008 (b) Lamp-Mango-Brick60
- 21.🔐 Is “DustBrickRiver71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Wheel#Hill38 (b) toastmoonwheelfrog
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Neem.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatraintigercloud (b) BrickFrogChai79
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Chai14 (b) Rain#Lotus#Chai65
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondwolfship19 (b) ChaiLampSand16
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin61 (b) lake@plum@pond@17
- 31.🔐 “Admin#Tent56” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeNeemPond72 (b) Diya-Pearl-64
- 34.🔐 Is “admin36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogPondSand30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafMangoGold15 (b) Aarav2018
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigermangocornsand (b) Frog#Mango#Gold16
- 38.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 39.🔐 Is “password87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “cloud#moon#brick#30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BrickLotusDrum72
- RiverSandLotus12
- 4
- Leaf_Boat_Plum19
- 7
- others can guess it
- strong
- emojis
- hill-mango-pond-39
- has a name or year
- 2
- weak
- risky
- weak
- bell!kite!drum!64
- strong
- river@plum@neem@78
- Lamp-Mango-Brick60
- strong
- 10
- 12
- Frog#Wheel#Hill38
- 3
- 14
- BrickFrogChai79
- Rain#Lotus#Chai65
- ChaiLampSand16
- lake@plum@pond@17
- has a common word
- 9
- LakeNeemPond72
- weak
- 14
- LeafMangoGold15
- Frog#Mango#Gold16
- in your head
- weak
- strong
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