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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Lake!Mango21 (b) Password.Corn44
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “neemboatmoon18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 4.🔐 Is “mango-rain-frog-61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Pearl-Mango14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Meera-Lamp-68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “shipbelldrum28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Toast.2010 (b) Cloud#Kite#Lotus83
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 10.🔐 Is “neemrainleaf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Tent18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 13.🔐 “frogmoonseed41” 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
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeboatmangofrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-boat-seed-16 (b) Leaf_25
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@vine@dust@58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Sand.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Diya_Seed_12” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Hill60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedlotusplummoon (b) Frog-Rain-Nest76
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonLeafNeem59 (b) Lotus#42
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedsandship29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Frog.33 (b) BoatNeemPearl82
- 29.🔐 “Vihaan.River.88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Fern_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “fern#moon#kite#77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “password88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “bellriverleaftent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “drum@brick@fern@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Shell!2008 (b) Pearl_Lamp_Tiger41
- 37.🔐 Is “CloudRainToast11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Letmein@Bell45” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine-corn-pearl-53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Password!Wheel27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- Moon!Lake!Mango21
- 14
- risky
- strong
- 19
- weak
- 14
- Cloud#Kite#Lotus83
- others can guess it
- weak
- 12
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 17
- lamp-boat-seed-16
- 3
- 12
- 3
- 13
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- Frog-Rain-Nest76
- MoonLeafNeem59
- 9
- 2
- BoatNeemPearl82
- has a name or year
- 4
- 7
- strong
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Pearl_Lamp_Tiger41
- strong
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
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