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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 2.🔐 Is “ToastNeemDrum75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondShipBoat38 (b) Welcome.Drum81
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondLotusLamp42 (b) Tara@Fern@20
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Chai#Lamp12 (b) Diya#Dust#87
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Brick!41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Toast31 (b) River!Corn!Tent17
- 10.🔐 “Wheel#35” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Corn@Gold27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudneempearl63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickseedshipgold (b) Drum.Mango.River32
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “corn_drum_pond_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumlotusdust20 (b) Lotus.Ship.Fern38
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatlotustoasttent (b) plum-tiger-wolf-48
- 17.🔐 Is “Pond.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!Tent!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Arjun!Cloud!85” 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
- 20.🔐 “Ananya!Neem!88” 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
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 22.🔐 Is “Admin!Mango81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Seed.Frog.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lampgoldnestmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “HillLotusDust27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_Bell_Brick11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumDustPearl46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Vihaan-Shell-73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou.Tiger28” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-River-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn_drum_vine_72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!89 (b) wolf!wheel!sand!78
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Brick-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud@wheel@tent@11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Cloud#Lotus80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoBrickPond33 (b) letmein17
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumMangoDrum13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Aarav.Neem.71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Leaf_Wheel79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 12
- strong
- others can guess it
- PondShipBoat38
- PondLotusLamp42
- Pond#Chai#Lamp12
- 4
- weak
- River!Corn!Tent17
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 16
- Drum.Mango.River32
- 17
- Lotus.Ship.Fern38
- plum-tiger-wolf-48
- weak
- 13
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- 4
- 3
- 4
- weak
- has a common word
- 4
- 3
- wolf!wheel!sand!78
- 4
- 19
- 19
- MangoBrickPond33
- 3
- has a name or year
- 17
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