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.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Tent#Rain52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 4.🔐 “dustferncornfrog” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “letmein28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Boat!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Lamp!2010 (b) River@Lake@Wheel75
- 8.🔐 Is “lampmangowheel74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerrivermangoshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlcloudtoastcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Wheel@Sand65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#lamp#tiger#72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Tent.Dust.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Leaf_Rain61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-tiger-brick-54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou65 (b) SandHillRain47
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellboatpearl20 (b) Corn#Cloud#Pond79
- 20.🔐 “Meera!Dust!22” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango!tent!wolf!32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedGoldBrick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_Rain_Mango25 (b) Boat#30
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “RainChaiVine33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Tiger_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “lakechaitigershell” 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
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiLeafNeem47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Lamp_19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Hill!36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corndrumtiger28 (b) Wolf-Drum-Chai50
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineferncloud10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Admin!Ship88” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudpearlleafwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond!Cloud!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 17
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 13
- River@Lake@Wheel75
- weak
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 17
- 19
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 19
- SandHillRain47
- Corn#Cloud#Pond79
- has a name or year
- 3
- 3
- others can guess it
- Wheel_Rain_Mango25
- in your head
- 3
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 4
- 14
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Wolf-Drum-Chai50
- 7
- 2
- has a common word
- 19
- 4
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