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.🔐 “wheellakecornfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password44 (b) plum-river-chai-52
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “sandrivership30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 6.🔐 “lakeplummoon55” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Rain-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell@neem@fern@15 (b) rainriverlake63
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#10 (b) LampRiverChai15
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon#Vine#Toast19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill_lamp_pearl_73 (b) password44
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Tiger68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 15.🔐 “Moon!Frog!2012” 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
- 16.🔐 “Pearl#30” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Tiger87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🗝️ 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Plum.41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@chai@boat@77 (b) Password-Neem30
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest!gold!wheel!53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainbellgoldchai (b) LampDustCloud53
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusHillSand40 (b) kitebelldustshell
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick#Rain#Tiger61 (b) welcome58
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “shipleafshelltiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineLeafKite46 (b) Saanvi.Boat.65
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein47 (b) lake#lamp#river#27
- 28.🔐 Is “BellMangoCloud73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou.Sand45” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogbrickriver85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Meera.Pearl.74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRiverBoat47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-tiger-frog-31 (b) Aarav2012
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 36.🔐 Is “qwerty44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Drum!2009 (b) Fern#Frog#Moon17
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan#Dust#26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelkitemango52 (b) BrickWheelDust18
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-66 (b) Lamp_Gold_Brick75
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- plum-river-chai-52
- 10
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- bell@neem@fern@15
- 10
- LampRiverChai15
- 4
- hill_lamp_pearl_73
- 16
- risky
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 15
- in your head
- 4
- cloud@chai@boat@77
- 3
- LampDustCloud53
- LotusHillSand40
- Brick#Rain#Tiger61
- 18
- VineLeafKite46
- lake#lamp#river#27
- strong
- has a common word
- 4
- 2
- weak
- 3
- sand-tiger-frog-31
- 3
- weak
- Fern#Frog#Moon17
- 4
- BrickWheelDust18
- Lamp_Gold_Brick75
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