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 “Ishaan-Dust-50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudneemsandleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Brick-65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellbrickrain45 (b) CornTentSeed10
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Rain25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoPearlDust52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf#nest#wolf#18 (b) Rohan@Boat@80
- 10.🔐 “neemlakeriver50” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Pond-Mango-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSandToast10 (b) drumrivertoastplum
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “moontoastboatpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🗝️ 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Ananya@Neem@24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Sand#68” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#Neem#Wolf16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “corntigershellsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 20.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Neem62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Sand31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Cloud-Sand11 (b) Gold_Wolf_2017
- 23.🔐 Is “Leaf!Corn!Rain10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Sand27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Hill!10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Vine#Corn27 (b) Meera-Leaf-24
- 27.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustshelldrum78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@wolf@boat@80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “fernvinewolfgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Cloud-16 (b) SeedToastCorn17
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Lake!37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2016 (b) Pearl_Neem_Drum77
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) Lamp.Kite.Bell77
- 37.🔐 “mangoboatkitetoast” 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
- 38.🔐 “Wolf_19” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Pearl#Corn39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “sandraintoastvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- 14
- 2
- 17
- weak
- CornTentSeed10
- 4
- 2
- 16
- leaf#nest#wolf#18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- FernSandToast10
- 17
- in your head
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 16
- 18
- 12
- weak
- 15
- Dust-Cloud-Sand11
- strong
- 4
- 4
- Frog#Vine#Corn27
- weak
- 2
- 2
- 17
- weak
- SeedToastCorn17
- 4
- 8
- Pearl_Neem_Drum77
- Lamp.Kite.Bell77
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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