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 “Saanvi2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Gold57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “leafdrumbricktoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Letmein_Nest30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Gold.2014 (b) ToastPlumNeem75
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “VineNeemLamp30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Frog.Rain.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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “moonvineship61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “kitelotuspond64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 Is “qwerty24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Moon59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Gold!19” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Tent-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “HillMangoNeem15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-neem-fern-75 (b) riverkitecornpond
- 18.🔐 Is “Ship_Plum_2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “DrumFernShip13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#84 (b) Vine-Corn-Lamp70
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 22.🔐 “shellmoonfroghill” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#44 (b) Hill.Seed.River57
- 24.🔐 “Neem.22” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Tiger#2012 (b) PlumFrogNeem48
- 26.🔐 Is “hillpearlnest34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-River-83 (b) Ship!Neem!Leaf27
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty14 (b) ChaiRiverPearl41
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#Plum#53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password78 (b) ShellRiverBrick22
- 32.🔐 Is “riverbricknestship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “GoldLampKite79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellLeafPond40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “boatchaicornrain” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-pearl-lotus-52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “admin82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Shell#Tent43 (b) Cloud.Lotus.2012
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Lake#Kite62 (b) plummoonmango76
Answer key
- 10
- 4
- 18
- weak
- ToastPlumNeem75
- in your head
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- lamp-neem-fern-75
- weak
- strong
- Vine-Corn-Lamp70
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Hill.Seed.River57
- shorter than 12
- PlumFrogNeem48
- weak
- Ship!Neem!Leaf27
- 8
- ChaiRiverPearl41
- 14
- ShellRiverBrick22
- weak
- strong
- 9
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 7
- Vine#Shell#Tent43
- Ship#Lake#Kite62
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