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 “Plum.Cloud.Tent78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Kite_Tent30 (b) welcome65
- 3.🔐 “Gold_64” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “password19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “WheelBoatPlum22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornShipMango44 (b) letmein19
- 7.🔐 “Password-Mango39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.chai.lamp.17 (b) leafplumseedcloud
- 10.🔐 “Vihaan#Nest#19” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Neem_87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Wheel55 (b) nest#lotus#toast#32
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastkitebrick71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “raincornfern22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust.Pond.Leaf18 (b) Gold_Wheel_2015
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedboatlotus32 (b) LampPondCorn33
- 18.🔐 Is “mangolakenestfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick#61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Welcome-Cloud47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 22.🔐 Is “ferndrumbrick55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Kite@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Tent@Tiger12 (b) Aarav.Moon.64
- 26.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 29.🔐 Is “Mango.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “pearlmangovinewheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “FrogLakeTent15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger-Mango-Corn26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “River#Bell#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumNestDrum54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “wolfbrickdustbell” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “PondMoonChai60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “hillmoonnestbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
Answer key
- 17
- Drum_Kite_Tent30
- shorter than 12
- 10
- strong
- CornShipMango44
- has a common word
- 2
- wheel.chai.lamp.17
- has a name or year
- 14
- nest#lotus#toast#32
- 12
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Dust.Pond.Leaf18
- LampPondCorn33
- weak
- 3
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- risky
- 14
- Plum@Tent@Tiger12
- weak
- others can guess it
- in your head
- weak
- 7
- weak
- strong
- 9
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
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