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.🔐 Is “Lake-Bell-Lamp47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Vine_Seed22 (b) lotusnestlamp51
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@River@24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Saanvi!Lotus!37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “toast.nest.vine.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumdrumlotuspond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Wheel67 (b) Frog@Tent@Vine13
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogCornLeaf16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “shellhillboatwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “neemshellsand36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellkitetent26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “cloudkitegold88” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Mango@Wolf27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumWheelBrick10 (b) chaitoastcloudplum
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “plumfernfrog41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent_kite_river_47 (b) Iloveyou!Shell43
- 19.🔐 Is “TigerShipFrog23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome21 (b) ToastDustLeaf68
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl!tiger!mango!19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Shell.2015 (b) Plum.Gold.Wheel24
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumshiplake12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteDustShell22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Shell-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Neem-Lake32 (b) Tiger_42
- 29.🔐 Is “fern-cloud-wolf-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Dust79 (b) Dust.Nest.Leaf82
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 32.🔐 Is “DustSeedShell18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai#kite#cloud#33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Nisha_Drum_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampboatrainseed (b) LakeSeedCloud52
- 36.🔐 “chaibrickboat24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipWheelVine63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Cloud!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Corn.70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- 12
- Ship_Vine_Seed22
- 14
- has a name or year
- 3
- 18
- 1
- Frog@Tent@Vine13
- 3
- 18
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- PlumWheelBrick10
- 14
- tent_kite_river_47
- strong
- ToastDustLeaf68
- 3
- Plum.Gold.Wheel24
- 2
- 3
- 15
- others can guess it
- 15
- Plum-Neem-Lake32
- strong
- Dust.Nest.Leaf82
- in your head
- strong
- 3
- weak
- LakeSeedCloud52
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 15
- weak
- 14
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