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.🔐 Is “corn#moon#plum#59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Drum!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Tiger_Moon_Leaf14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Ananya-Pond-47” 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
- 6.🔐 “Qwerty!Neem14” 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
- 7.🔐 “Aarav@Tiger@82” 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
- 8.🔐 “fernrivercornchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Ship!Chai!Vine23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “brickkiteleaf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemplumdrum42 (b) Mango#Kite#Vine89
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Tiger#Leaf43 (b) Password-Hill57
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudTigerSand57 (b) Kite@Brick@2013
- 16.🔐 “Arjun@Wheel@34” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Password@Rain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Pond-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.Tent.Lake35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatShellWheel53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerchaidrumrain (b) CornMangoKite21
- 25.🔐 Is “Wheel_Hill_Neem32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest.kite.ship.39 (b) plummangotent79
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfvineplum68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Wolf!Mango!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.leaf.seed.83 (b) vinefrogplummango
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#fern#wheel#49 (b) Leaf@Bell@2017
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Lamp34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedgoldhill85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Cloud.54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neempearllake85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Neem_Kite_Lake77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “Wheel.Bell.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-River-Cloud60 (b) Ananya2017
- 40.🔐 “Kite#20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- strong
- 12
- strong
- 7
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- weak
- Mango#Kite#Vine89
- in your head
- Kite#Tiger#Leaf43
- CloudTigerSand57
- has a name or year
- weak
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 14
- 4
- 16
- CornMangoKite21
- strong
- 12
- others can guess it
- nest.kite.ship.39
- 2
- weak
- tent.leaf.seed.83
- cloud#fern#wheel#49
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 2
- strong
- weak
- Pearl-River-Cloud60
- shorter than 12
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