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.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverTigerShip22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumGoldCloud64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell!gold!neem!22 (b) Iloveyou@Brick71
- 4.🔐 Is “welcome75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Lotus-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “goldcorncloud12” 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
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 11.🔐 “Tara_Mango_13” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@Toast@Frog33 (b) Nisha-Moon-88
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Sand#Brick#2012” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Tiger_Mango_Bell22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampLotusPond11 (b) Meera-Lamp-42
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickmangodrumwolf (b) Wheel@River@Neem72
- 19.🔐 “Plum-Vine-2017” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Boat-76 (b) ship@river@leaf@32
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Tent53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Kabir@Neem@54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2010 (b) Toast!Lake!Corn27
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudNestShell40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@fern@drum@14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “neemnestdrum36” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Wheel77 (b) Pond#Lamp#Bell84
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Arjun2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Pond!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “admin44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Moon_39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “moongoldcloudleaf” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain_boat_gold_50 (b) pondlamppearl84
- 38.🔐 Is “NestNeemLotus48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Rain57 (b) Kite.Mango.Neem46
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 16
- 3
- shell!gold!neem!22
- weak
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 10
- emojis
- 12
- has a name or year
- Lake@Toast@Frog33
- 7
- has a name or year
- 9
- strong
- LampLotusPond11
- Wheel@River@Neem72
- has a name or year
- ship@river@leaf@32
- 4
- has a name or year
- Toast!Lake!Corn27
- 16
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Pond#Lamp#Bell84
- 7
- in your head
- 8
- weak
- 14
- 7
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- rain_boat_gold_50
- strong
- Kite.Mango.Neem46
- 10
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