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.🔐 Is “MoonCloudNeem77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Ship!13 (b) cloud.tent.boat.36
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 4.🔐 “Cloud.Lake.2008” 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
- 5.🔐 “River@Fern@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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat#Mango#2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemSeedLamp13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “River-Plum-2010” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “TigerRiverTent22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@nest@brick@55 (b) Rohan_Tent_30
- 12.🔐 Is “BoatFrogVine48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🗝️ 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Pearl_34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.Kite.Mango68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Toast36 (b) Lake#Lotus#Frog44
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi!Cloud!10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellkitehill86 (b) Pearl_Mango_Wolf53
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampBoatNeem82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “wolfsandcloudfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverlakemango24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Aarav@Ship@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp!neem!rain!16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “River-37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔐 “brickseedwolflotus” 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
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Plum!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Password@Ship27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 Is “Chai-Boat-Drum35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger_lamp_wolf_29 (b) Meera2012
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “gold.ship.moon.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Kabir!Plum!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “RainLampLeaf88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemtentdustwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2013 (b) BoatKiteHill43
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Shell.Rain84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteMoonVine36 (b) Dust@51
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2009 (b) Frog-Neem-Boat72
Answer key
- strong
- cloud.tent.boat.36
- 3
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- 10
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- plum@nest@brick@55
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- 7
- emojis
- 4
- Lake#Lotus#Frog44
- 4
- Pearl_Mango_Wolf53
- 3
- weak
- 2
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- tiger_lamp_wolf_29
- 17
- weak
- strong
- 1
- BoatKiteHill43
- 4
- KiteMoonVine36
- Frog-Neem-Boat72
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