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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai_shell_lamp_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “mango-cloud-river-69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Is “Nisha2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “shellgoldchaifrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-hill-cloud-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 7.🔐 “tigerneemboatfrog” 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
- 8.🔐 “Rohan-Frog-62” 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
- 9.🔐 “Mango_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Sand42 (b) dust!wheel!frog!18
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#fern#dust#37 (b) Diya2018
- 13.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferndustwolftoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteDrumFern42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Tara!Mango!60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 “plummoondrumcloud” 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
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 19.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Lotus_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!Pearl!Boat35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Aarav-Neem-30” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “moon.tiger.drum.70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 24.🔐 “Kite-82” 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
- 25.🔐 “Dust_Moon_2009” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestPondNeem40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatsandcloud46 (b) Moon-Hill-Corn31
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold-seed-cloud-85 (b) Sand@46
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “frogshellpearl83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Frog.Drum.Brick10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Ship.50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔐 “Ishaan#Pearl#62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔐 “Corn_Wolf_2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔐 Is “Shell@Moon@Neem44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “bricklampneemkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 38.🔐 “Pearl!41” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “ChaiWolfBoat74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- dust!wheel!frog!18
- emojis
- lamp#fern#dust#37
- weak
- 1
- 14
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- weak
- 17
- has a name or year
- strong
- risky
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 3
- 10
- Moon-Hill-Corn31
- gold-seed-cloud-85
- 8
- 16
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 3
- strong
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