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.🔐 “Saanvi!Toast!25” 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
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Lake!Wheel64 (b) Aarav2018
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.seed.neem.14 (b) Tara!Wheel!53
- 5.🔐 Is “Seed#44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Pearl!Lotus!2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Mango.75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “ChaiLampBell61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@84 (b) chai!sand!frog!10
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.Dust.Mango58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “river.mango.pond.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernchaidrum47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “wheelplumpondcloud” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Bell@Chai@Lake22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 16.🔐 Is “ToastMoonShip70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellleafriver33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat_Hill_Drum44 (b) leaffernsandcorn
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#46 (b) Dust@Hill@Tiger25
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “sandlotusvine79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoshipshell27 (b) Fern_Shell_Frog56
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_37 (b) FernFrogMango82
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusfernkitenest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “nestmangoseed59” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Seed-Wheel63 (b) iloveyou88
- 28.🔐 “Iloveyou-Boat18” 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
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou#Lotus47” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “RainNestPond34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Kite#Boat60 (b) pearlleafmoonkite
- 32.🔐 “Diya!Moon!79” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “CornKiteGold19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Ananya#Kite#78” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Chai!Moon!Dust30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “gold!chai!moon!38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Letmein#Hill75” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Gold-10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- in your head
- Frog!Lake!Wheel64
- kite.seed.neem.14
- weak
- has a name or year
- 14
- strong
- chai!sand!frog!10
- 17
- strong
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 12
- strong
- 2
- Boat_Hill_Drum44
- Dust@Hill@Tiger25
- 15
- risky
- Fern_Shell_Frog56
- FernFrogMango82
- 1
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Pearl-Seed-Wheel63
- has a common word
- has a common word
- strong
- Rain#Kite#Boat60
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 8
- 4
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