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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudTigerBell25 (b) Mango@Rain@2014
- 3.🔐 “River.21” 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
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 5.🔐 “Plum#28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “lampplumpearl29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn_kite_toast_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “corn-pond-chai-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “Vihaan!Dust!13” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2018 (b) LotusFrogMango19
- 12.🔐 “Letmein.Seed83” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemchaiship33 (b) Seed!Corn!Wheel22
- 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 15.🗝️ 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.pearl.brick.43 (b) iloveyou80
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Tent!Lamp10 (b) Diya2017
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Kite!Cloud!Brick80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “dust-kite-shell-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 22.🔐 Is “Admin!Drum72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “hillfrogpearl30” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Frog30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Gold78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “shellwolffrog14” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Cloud!31 (b) moon@shell@corn@66
- 28.🔐 Is “Boat!Tiger!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#plum#wheel#60 (b) Diya!Tent!54
- 30.🔐 Is “HillWheelLeaf19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Gold_Sand21 (b) Rohan2010
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “HillLampSand61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-Neem-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemCornLeaf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger!lotus!ship!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Neem#Vine41 (b) welcome27
- 39.🔐 Is “tigerseedlake88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “mango@wolf@neem@19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 12
- CloudTigerBell25
- shorter than 12
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 3
- emojis
- 17
- has a name or year
- LotusFrogMango19
- has a common word
- Seed!Corn!Wheel22
- 3
- in your head
- shell.pearl.brick.43
- Bell!Tent!Lamp10
- 9
- strong
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- moon@shell@corn@66
- weak
- lake#plum#wheel#60
- strong
- Nest_Gold_Sand21
- 14
- 4
- 4
- 14
- 19
- 7
- Ship#Neem#Vine41
- weak
- strong
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