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) hill-lamp-chai-14 (b) Password#Chai55
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Sand@Chai80 (b) password50
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password87 (b) Gold.Lamp.Tiger28
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverDustFrog89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Brick_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Bell-2016 (b) BoatPlumSand69
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “TentSandTiger61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Shell_43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Tiger-2008 (b) lotus-mango-moon-76
- 12.🔐 Is “Lotus-Lamp-Boat36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerBoatBrick61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Corn#72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “neemplumlamp82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 “Toast_61” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Rohan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Tiger@Wolf34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 20.🔐 Is “Hill-Leaf-2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 23.🔐 Is “Pond!Lake!Frog60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiLakeNest61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “froglakeboatpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustdrumgoldchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverpearlmoonfern (b) Ship#Lotus#Mango26
- 29.🔐 “mangowheelchai19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Kite68 (b) Brick!Seed!Rain86
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Dust76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “tigerfrogmoonriver” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “lotus#lamp#pond#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Seed#30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Leaf_Cloud60 (b) Ishaan!Kite!71
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Tent-67 (b) DustCornTent15
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “CornRainFern32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick_tiger_drum_83 (b) password83
Answer key
- hill-lamp-chai-14
- Shell@Sand@Chai80
- Gold.Lamp.Tiger28
- 15
- weak
- BoatPlumSand69
- 7
- strong
- 2
- 15
- lotus-mango-moon-76
- strong
- 16
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 18
- emojis
- weak
- others can guess it
- risky
- strong
- 3
- 7
- 1
- 1
- Ship#Lotus#Mango26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Brick!Seed!Rain86
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 13
- in your head
- Toast_Leaf_Cloud60
- DustCornTent15
- 14
- brick_tiger_drum_83
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