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.🔐 “Drum_Hill_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Diya_Chai_66” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#Kite#Tent54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Hill68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Admin.Gold76” 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
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “boatcornneemtent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou52 (b) NestLakeLeaf74
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Admin@Pond12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara_Pond_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf_plum_rain_51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “pond#shell#seed#84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “lakemoonchaigold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Corn-71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Admin-Frog72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Lotus-Lake-2013” 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
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Leaf.River85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “nestgoldneemdust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerboatnest14 (b) Gold-Wolf-Nest87
- 28.🔐 Is “lotusrainpearlcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudDustToast77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Nisha#Kite#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome54 (b) wheel-ship-pearl-23
- 32.🔐 “Brick_Dust_2011” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest.wheel.seed.53 (b) Rohan2015
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonwolfplumpearl (b) sand-ship-neem-65
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillLampRiver36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Moon-Neem16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Lotus.10” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandSeedBoat32 (b) Brick#69
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Corn@Plum@Moon24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- has a common word
- risky
- 16
- in your head
- NestLakeLeaf74
- 9
- 4
- has a common word
- 4
- emojis
- 17
- strong
- 16
- 14
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 4
- 16
- 7
- Gold-Wolf-Nest87
- weak
- 3
- weak
- wheel-ship-pearl-23
- has a name or year
- nest.wheel.seed.53
- sand-ship-neem-65
- 3
- 17
- shorter than 12
- SandSeedBoat32
- 10
- strong
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