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) gold-seed-dust-61 (b) Lamp_Wheel_2017
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustcloudcorn70 (b) sand-toast-vine-35
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Hill-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Lamp@35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Admin!Shell21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldFernLamp71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Qwerty-Shell88” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Tent!2018 (b) Seed-Moon-River83
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-brick-lamp-88 (b) Aarav!Chai!89
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 12.🔐 Is “Wheel!Lamp!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Seed.Toast48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@corn@vine@15 (b) Kabir2013
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite_Frog_Moon26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “riverhilltent54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.Plum.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Iloveyou.Lamp82” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “boat.chai.wolf.70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustCloudShell11 (b) password19
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond!Neem!Gold86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Admin-Brick79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 “pearldrummangohill” 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
- 27.🔐 “Drum.47” 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
- 28.🔐 “moonfernpond89” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “fernrivernest14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Shell#Boat#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “fernrainshiplake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Leaf24 (b) sand_tent_frog_63
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-83 (b) HillLeafRain58
- 35.🔐 Is “frograinlampmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Fern-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Moon!Tent10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Rain-Wolf-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 Is “Corn!Pearl!Rain80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- gold-seed-dust-61
- sand-toast-vine-35
- 13
- 4
- weak
- 3
- 3
- has a common word
- Seed-Moon-River83
- rain-brick-lamp-88
- risky
- weak
- 12
- emojis
- 17
- tiger@corn@vine@15
- 3
- 4
- 15
- 14
- has a common word
- strong
- DustCloudShell11
- 16
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- sand_tent_frog_63
- HillLeafRain58
- weak
- 3
- 4
- 17
- has a name or year
- strong
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