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.🔐 “Lamp-Fern-2018” 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
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “hilllamptoastbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Shell!Boat!Vine29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Wheel#Tent67 (b) Nisha2009
- 7.🔐 “Frog-83” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Vihaan-Plum-19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Vine_Lake76 (b) iloveyou28
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@cloud@chai@71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Mango!Fern73 (b) Ananya2010
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.mango.fern.24 (b) Tent-64
- 17.🔐 “dustlaketent19” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Seed-20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “fernfroglaketiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 22.🔐 Is “ChaiToastFrog53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Vine.2011 (b) fern@sand@kite@74
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Corn#Chai20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “NeemSandPlum32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@Wheel@Hill24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellkitemangowolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “CornTentPearl42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Lotus83 (b) cloud-toast-bell-49
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Nest78 (b) LampCloudWheel20
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Seed-Lamp32 (b) qwerty61
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Shell!Lamp84 (b) Arjun-Frog-15
- 33.🔐 “Kabir-Kite-26” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Dust!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plumneembrickpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “toastneemkite17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 39.🔐 Is “drum!dust!lake!43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “wolffrogcornmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- emojis
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Gold#Wheel#Tent67
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a name or year
- Rain_Vine_Lake76
- 12
- others can guess it
- 19
- Lotus!Mango!Fern73
- 2
- leaf.mango.fern.24
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 4
- weak
- risky
- strong
- fern@sand@kite@74
- 16
- strong
- 17
- 1
- 15
- cloud-toast-bell-49
- LampCloudWheel20
- Tiger-Seed-Lamp32
- Nest!Shell!Lamp84
- has a name or year
- weak
- 18
- 3
- weak
- in your head
- strong
- 17
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