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.🔐 “lakeneembrickwheel” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome51 (b) VineCornToast61
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.leaf.tent.21 (b) Hill#Rain#2008
- 4.🔐 Is “toast_brick_wolf_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_20 (b) brick!mango!river!85
- 6.🔐 Is “Admin.Rain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Pearl.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “LampRiverGold19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “Corn-Gold-Leaf50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern#Corn#River88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Admin_Vine15” 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
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 13.🔐 Is “frogdrumpondtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernrainwolf15 (b) Corn-Moon-Pearl55
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty#Mango67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#Lotus#2011 (b) Rain-Nest-Plum60
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Cloud@Seed19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “dustwheeltoasttiger” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Fern13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Lamp77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Lamp-2012 (b) River_Ship_Kite43
- 24.🔐 Is “NestLakeWheel24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill_gold_kite_67 (b) Aarav2011
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Tiger_River71 (b) plumsandleaf15
- 27.🔐 “Kabir_Ship_76” 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
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudleafmoonmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Rain!Frog!2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 Is “Arjun2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “brick#fern#mango#57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Rohan#Tent#64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Wheel.Hill86 (b) Arjun@River@33
- 36.🔐 “lakeplumseed28” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Dust63 (b) Tiger.Neem.Cloud56
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 39.🔐 “moondrumwolflamp” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoneemhill71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- VineCornToast61
- kite.leaf.tent.21
- strong
- brick!mango!river!85
- weak
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 17
- has a common word
- in your head
- weak
- risky
- Corn-Moon-Pearl55
- 10
- has a common word
- Rain-Nest-Plum60
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- River_Ship_Kite43
- strong
- hill_gold_kite_67
- Mango_Tiger_River71
- has a name or year
- 12
- 1
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 8
- Drum.Wheel.Hill86
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Tiger.Neem.Cloud56
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
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