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.🔐 “Leaf_Ship_2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔐 “Hill#Chai#2018” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Tiger@Drum@Lamp82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Kabir@Sand@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-shell-boat-59 (b) Kabir2012
- 6.🔐 Is “Seed_Sand_Leaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2008 (b) Sand!Chai!Ship68
- 8.🔐 “River!Shell!2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickLotusRiver19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin22 (b) Moon-Dust-Toast63
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Cloud-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill!lake!kite!65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Drum_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlneemcloudfern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 16.🔐 Is “Wheel!Neem!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelgolddustlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Fern#Ship#2017” 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
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 21.🔐 Is “Pond.87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.64 (b) Tiger.Pearl.Boat31
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Wolf-Boat-Drum41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Saanvi#Leaf#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “lotus-toast-cloud-49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “BrickVineDust71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.River.30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 30.🔐 Is “Kite@Plum@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusFrogNeem14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.Tiger.Frog44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#Shell#Tent31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Hill-Leaf-Wheel21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Ananya@Pearl@53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Toast-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Letmein.Pearl63” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “DrumNeemCloud12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Drum_Ship46 (b) Meera2015
Answer key
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- vine-shell-boat-59
- strong
- Sand!Chai!Ship68
- has a name or year
- 17
- Moon-Dust-Toast63
- 16
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 12
- weak
- 1
- has a name or year
- emojis
- risky
- weak
- Tiger.Pearl.Boat31
- 4
- strong
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 15
- in your head
- weak
- 15
- others can guess it
- 4
- 18
- strong
- weak
- 15
- has a common word
- strong
- Bell_Drum_Ship46
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