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.🎂 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Meera2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Password!Shell56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteFrogLamp36 (b) Vihaan2012
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 6.🔐 Is “KiteDrumChai18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-Bell-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “neemcloudsandmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemSeedRiver57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Wheel48 (b) Fern#Hill#Plum73
- 13.🔐 “Aarav-Fern-16” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold@Chai@2009 (b) tent!kite!toast!51
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Sand.Vine55 (b) River.23
- 16.🔐 “Nisha!Lake!38” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-42 (b) hill_lake_brick_45
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin41 (b) LampNestGold33
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Hill.Wolf65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Seed_47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “drumtigerseedcloud” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Kabir@Lake@57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “fernneemtoast76” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem.vine.dust.11 (b) Boat-Toast-2013
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelLampLake45 (b) Sand!58
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent.mango.toast.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Hill@88 (b) DrumKitePearl64
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!pearl!rain!57 (b) Rain_Toast_2014
- 32.🔐 “chaikitebellfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedRainMoon34 (b) hillkitemoonfrog
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Bell.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Welcome-Tiger38” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatGoldNest51 (b) Fern.Neem.2008
- 37.🔐 Is “Chai_Sand_Mango40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Shell66 (b) Boat@Frog@Pond85
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Tiger-74” 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
Answer key
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- KiteFrogLamp36
- in your head
- strong
- 4
- 8
- weak
- 3
- 3
- Fern#Hill#Plum73
- has a name or year
- tent!kite!toast!51
- Shell.Sand.Vine55
- has a name or year
- hill_lake_brick_45
- LampNestGold33
- 17
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- neem.vine.dust.11
- WheelLampLake45
- 12
- 3
- DrumKitePearl64
- 3
- 7
- seed!pearl!rain!57
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedRainMoon34
- 14
- has a common word
- BoatGoldNest51
- strong
- Boat@Frog@Pond85
- 7
- shorter than 12
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