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.🎂 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipTigerGold89 (b) boatmangoshellleaf
- 3.🔐 Is “CornChaiWheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonshellleaf52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Brick32 (b) MoonPlumBell41
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Leaf-Tiger33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “wheelplumnestwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2012 (b) brick#kite#dust#13
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “goldtigerwolf73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Frog-Lake-2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 13.🔐 Is “moonmangoneem62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-tiger-chai-18 (b) Bell.18
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn#dust#pearl#22 (b) Vine.Gold.2011
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@neem@lotus@21 (b) Tara-Nest-89
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-boat-leaf-74 (b) Sand#31
- 18.🔐 “chaimooncorn16” 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
- 19.🔐 “Welcome@Hill20” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Toast@Neem19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Iloveyou_Leaf57” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Pond_Tent_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera#Corn#21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Letmein-Brick15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat#30 (b) corn!pearl!boat!50
- 28.🔐 “Aarav#Fern#76” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Pearl!Wolf31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Seed_Rain_Mango42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “Aarav#Drum#19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Tent!Drum21 (b) frogtigerneem59
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) GoldChaiTiger31
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Dust@Frog36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin38 (b) Brick.Pond.Wheel21
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Lamp_Cloud78 (b) riverneemleafmoon
- 38.🔐 “Tiger_31” 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
- 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 40.🔐 “Password#Lotus39” 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
Answer key
- others can guess it
- ShipTigerGold89
- strong
- risky
- 2
- MoonPlumBell41
- 18
- weak
- emojis
- brick#kite#dust#13
- 15
- has a name or year
- weak
- rain-tiger-chai-18
- corn#dust#pearl#22
- drum@neem@lotus@21
- rain-boat-leaf-74
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 4
- 8
- has a common word
- weak
- 13
- weak
- 3
- corn!pearl!boat!50
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- weak
- 8
- Chai!Tent!Drum21
- GoldChaiTiger31
- 4
- Brick.Pond.Wheel21
- Kite_Lamp_Cloud78
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- has a common word
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