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 kinds of characters does “Diya.Kite.24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 3.🔐 “Saanvi.River.84” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Chai-Pearl-Cloud23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Brick-60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🔐 Is “Gold#Shell#Seed52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “Letmein!River58” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#Rain#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastBellHill23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Hill-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp@pond@drum@83 (b) Iloveyou_Neem42
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Admin-Chai44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Kite45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “wheelriverlotus24” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “leafbrickpearlpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemkitewolf63 (b) TigerNeemLeaf52
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Toast#Cloud#2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.wolf.hill.26 (b) Qwerty-Boat43
- 23.🔐 Is “LampLotusKite74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Meera#Shell#22” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Gold_55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Ananya-Toast-33” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Pearl-Boat37 (b) Moon#54
- 28.🔐 “rainsandcloud72” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemChaiRain32 (b) moonbricklotussand
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillGoldLeaf26 (b) lamptentbellfern
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 32.🔐 Is “wolf.toast.ship.72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Drum@21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 34.🔐 Is “MoonSeedPond83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “shelllakeleaf16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “fernleaftent30” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Lamp18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Tent.Fern61 (b) letmein70
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillmoonfern86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “River_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- has a common word
- 8
- 4
- 15
- 15
- lamp@pond@drum@83
- 8
- has a common word
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- TigerNeemLeaf52
- 7
- weak
- 9
- seed.wolf.hill.26
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a name or year
- Pond-Pearl-Boat37
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemChaiRain32
- HillGoldLeaf26
- in your head
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- Hill.Tent.Fern61
- 2
- weak
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