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) RainNestRiver56 (b) Lake-Boat-2009
- 2.🔐 Is “Shell_Toast_2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Moon!30 (b) chai_wolf_seed_18
- 4.🔐 Is “wolf_drum_fern_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “iloveyou74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickSandTent44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Saanvi!Nest!48” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “brickferntenttiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainvinepondlotus (b) WheelLotusBrick35
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Nest-23 (b) KiteBrickGold59
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@Cloud@Mango64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.55 (b) leaf!wheel!bell!48
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-toast-neem-56 (b) Diya.River.55
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Rain22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 21.🔐 Is “corn-lamp-sand-33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “cornpearltiger23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#Bell#Toast27 (b) Rohan2011
- 24.🔐 “sanddrumlamp83” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatlampsandhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Dust-Frog-Ship55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “fern.tiger.lotus.19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Fern@Vine12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) Drum#Brick#Lamp69
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem_plum_tent_62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “riverpondkitebell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerPlumChai12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “letmein13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Wheel41 (b) Brick.Kite.Seed59
- 35.🔐 Is “Vihaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Bell-50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 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
- 39.🔐 “dustpondrivermoon” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- RainNestRiver56
- weak
- chai_wolf_seed_18
- strong
- 10
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- 2
- weak
- 12
- risky
- WheelLotusBrick35
- KiteBrickGold59
- 18
- emojis
- leaf!wheel!bell!48
- sand-toast-neem-56
- 4
- in your head
- strong
- 16
- Chai#Bell#Toast27
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- strong
- 19
- 4
- Drum#Brick#Lamp69
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- Brick.Kite.Seed59
- weak
- weak
- 2
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
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