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 “welcome81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumNeemGold72 (b) cloudvinemangotoast
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 4.🔐 “Seed!72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 “Diya!Neem!45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango@brick@chai@41 (b) tigerpearlseedtoast
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Pearl#Sand48 (b) Sand.54
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick#Drum#Rain63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Aarav2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoplumtoastlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Tiger70 (b) Hill-Boat-Lotus19
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) laketoastshipkite (b) drum!chai!cloud!51
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “river@leaf@hill@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusmangoshell64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerPondGold30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Tiger-Pearl-2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “ponddrumtigertoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Password-River16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatfrognestrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya.Dust.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Chai-2014 (b) ShellMoonBoat70
- 25.🔐 “Ship!20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “seed.mango.rain.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Hill18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Nisha!Cloud!83” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river#frog#pond#29 (b) qwerty80
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf_sand_toast_19 (b) Nest_14
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumshellgold53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Aarav.Drum.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “rivercorntentfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “admin28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Neem_14” 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
- 36.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 37.🔐 Is “Password_Bell11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “Letmein-Brick14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 39.🔐 Is “Nest_Neem_Sand21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
Answer key
- 2
- PlumNeemGold72
- risky
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- mango@brick@chai@41
- Cloud#Pearl#Sand48
- 17
- weak
- 18
- Hill-Boat-Lotus19
- 12
- drum!chai!cloud!51
- 18
- 2
- in your head
- 15
- weak
- weak
- weak
- emojis
- 1
- 4
- ShellMoonBoat70
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 15
- has a name or year
- river#frog#pond#29
- wolf_sand_toast_19
- 2
- weak
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
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