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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Hill-2014 (b) Wheel.Tent.Vine12
- 2.🔐 “cornshelltiger31” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Pond_Kite_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Kite43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Rain!28” 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
- 6.🔐 “chaitoastdustbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou27 (b) wheel#leaf#toast#12
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum_plum_vine_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Vine25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLotusRain63 (b) Meera-Kite-88
- 13.🔐 Is “Shell_Boat_Brick72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password66 (b) sand#fern#plum#64
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatmangotiger40 (b) kite!chai!wheel!78
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 18.🔐 Is “qwerty23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-nest-bell-22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Boat#38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus-moon-mango-41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Lamp58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Wolf_Vine70 (b) tigertoastpond88
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Fern@Lotus48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “drummoonboatdust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou!Bell28” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Neem68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “qwerty30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Tara@Gold@44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Aarav_Shell_53” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-wheel-leaf-44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Plum22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Kite!51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “nest-lotus-ship-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- Wheel.Tent.Vine12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wheel#leaf#toast#12
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 10
- NeemLotusRain63
- strong
- sand#fern#plum#64
- 3
- kite!chai!wheel!78
- in your head
- weak
- 7
- 9
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 14
- risky
- Moon_Wolf_Vine70
- 17
- 12
- 16
- has a common word
- 13
- weak
- weak
- 8
- has a name or year
- 18
- 13
- 14
- 8
- strong
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