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.🔐 “Neem-71” 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
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “ship-seed-kite-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 4.🔐 “mangohillfrog83” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinedrumbell83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “RainLotusChai73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlampshellpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome16 (b) pearl@tiger@shell@21
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Wolf.2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Mango23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2011 (b) BoatDrumCorn77
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivermooncloudlamp (b) Mango_Lake_Bell58
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 16.🔐 “Diya.Boat.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔐 “Vihaan-Pearl-42” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteshellsand38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “brickshiptigerfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Rain!Drum!2012” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Vine_2017 (b) drum.pearl.dust.40
- 22.🔐 “Cloud#Kite#2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “chailotuscornship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!pond!seed!63 (b) Arjun2014
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudtigergold13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) Neem.Fern.Gold15
- 29.🔐 “Sand_47” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Lotus!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick.bell.pond.69 (b) Tara2017
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangotoastkitelamp (b) BellNeemPlum83
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “VineNeemGold33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Drum!30 (b) Lake.Tent.Boat45
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Cloud58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Leaf#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Letmein!Plum55” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudSandMango31 (b) Iloveyou#Plum26
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Vine57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 17
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 15
- 12
- 1
- pearl@tiger@shell@21
- 14
- 16
- BoatDrumCorn77
- Mango_Lake_Bell58
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 15
- 18
- has a name or year
- drum.pearl.dust.40
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pearl!pond!seed!63
- 2
- Neem.Fern.Gold15
- shorter than 12
- 4
- brick.bell.pond.69
- BellNeemPlum83
- 14
- Lake.Tent.Boat45
- 16
- 4
- has a common word
- CloudSandMango31
- 4
- 12
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