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.🔐 “drumsandcloudplum” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Lake#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus#Chai#Moon42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Rohan2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Lotus@Wheel55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Password@Shell71” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-wolf-lotus-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belllotuspond27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Moon52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Fern@2015 (b) seed.lamp.toast.11
- 12.🔐 Is “lamp.wheel.wolf.74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Wolf@Pond88 (b) River!14
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_Leaf_46 (b) Bell@Shell@Kite60
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine!plum!tiger!87 (b) dustpondplumgold
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangocloudgoldwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Boat@Neem@2008” 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
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Nest_Cloud13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Brick_Neem86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Neem#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “Iloveyou_Bell42” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “moonlotuspondlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir!Drum!65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Cloud@Corn12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampFernGold29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_Cloud_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 32.🔐 Is “corn!sand!bell!24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Nest#54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “toastfrogtigersand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Arjun.Seed.50” 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
- 36.🔐 “Brick!Seed!2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Is “lampwolfriver59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 39.🔐 Is “iloveyou41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “KiteBrickHill88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 18
- has a common word
- 19
- 2
- emojis
- 4
- seed.lamp.toast.11
- strong
- Ship@Wolf@Pond88
- Bell@Shell@Kite60
- vine!plum!tiger!87
- risky
- 1
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 18
- 4
- weak
- has a common word
- 17
- 13
- 18
- 8
- 3
- 15
- in your head
- 3
- strong
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- 12
- weak
- strong
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