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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@River31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigershellfrogmango (b) leaf#tent#lotus#84
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf@Corn@Lamp87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 Is “Qwerty.River25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “nest.river.vine.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondVineSeed17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf#vine#hill#45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_Toast_Brick26 (b) Ishaan2015
- 12.🔐 “mangolotusbrick15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Chai_Pearl59 (b) Tara2014
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty51 (b) Dust.Drum.Chai83
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemHillShip45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 18.🔐 “sandbrickriverlamp” 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
- 19.🔐 “pearlmoonneemchai” 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
- 20.🔐 “moonkitesandmango” 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
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Kite@Sand31 (b) Rohan.Vine.24
- 23.🔐 “shipboatmangovine” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernRainFrog58 (b) admin25
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “shell#moon#sand#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Ship#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Cloud83 (b) TigerFrogLotus40
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship#shell#rain#28 (b) admin37
- 29.🔐 “cloudneempond20” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-fern-pond-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Vihaan!Chai!16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Kite@23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “TigerPlumRain45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “CornNestFern43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “lotusraincloudfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudMoonLamp73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan!Rain!37 (b) BoatMoonKite72
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- leaf#tent#lotus#84
- emojis
- 16
- 12
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 17
- Plum_Toast_Brick26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- Wolf_Chai_Pearl59
- Dust.Drum.Chai83
- 14
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- Moon@Kite@Sand31
- fewer than 3 kinds
- FernRainFrog58
- 18
- 13
- TigerFrogLotus40
- ship#shell#rain#28
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- has a name or year
- 13
- 2
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 9
- 3
- BoatMoonKite72
- 10
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