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) Nisha2009 (b) gold!chai!drum!38
- 2.🔐 “Wheel!65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔐 Is “Vine@Dust@Wolf29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “brickrivertoast81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 5.🔐 Is “Tent#Boat#Moon45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_River_Boat36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Admin@Kite39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Is “moonvinemangolotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Dust-Lake84 (b) Fern-31
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Mango.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Plum!Lake!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “goldsandleaf33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔐 Is “welcome13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Meera_Corn_74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudwheeltent17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Moon.Lake.2014” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemwolfvinedrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 21.🔐 Is “toast_fern_boat_51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemVineMango45 (b) qwerty22
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Ship@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf!wolf!chai!52 (b) Welcome!Nest83
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Dust19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lamp73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Hill61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “BoatMangoLeaf50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Tiger29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “pond-mango-pearl-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Ship#74” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Cloud75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Dust!Shell25 (b) Ishaan2011
- 34.🔐 Is “Password@River46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Diya.Vine.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Sand_2008 (b) GoldNestKite52
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Kite88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “moon#river#sand#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
Answer key
- gold!chai!drum!38
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- Hill-Dust-Lake84
- risky
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- 16
- has a name or year
- 1
- in your head
- strong
- NeemVineMango45
- 4
- leaf!wolf!chai!52
- 15
- weak
- 14
- strong
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 16
- Leaf!Dust!Shell25
- weak
- weak
- GoldNestKite52
- 4
- 12
- 18
- others can guess it
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