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) Ananya2008 (b) Drum#Sand#Gold83
- 2.🔐 Is “LampTentFrog82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeLotusNeem45 (b) Meera2017
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellrainlampbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf_Lotus_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 7.🔐 Is “Bell@27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2009 (b) Bell@Sand@Tent76
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Kite.2017 (b) lamp-frog-leaf-84
- 11.🔐 “bricklotusmoon49” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafDust28 (b) qwerty51
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornSeedRain80 (b) Tent#Dust#2018
- 14.🔐 Is “Corn#Plum#Kite78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “moon!tent!brick!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Shell#Tiger#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “corn#boat#wolf#70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerseeddustnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Drum-Chai42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “RainBrickChai79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “plumrivercorn40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Rohan_Drum_34” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Gold-24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “qwerty74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “cloud_rain_neem_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 27.🔐 “leaffernnestbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#Tent#2008 (b) boat!cloud!kite!23
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerwheellake11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn.Cloud.Boat62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Lamp!Ship!Frog50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “LakePondNeem81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 35.🔐 “Password!Dust31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔐 Is “brickmangohillleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Moon87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick_hill_gold_65 (b) Letmein.Fern26
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus-toast-pond-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “cornlakehill16” 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
Answer key
- Drum#Sand#Gold83
- strong
- LakeLotusNeem45
- 1
- 15
- risky
- weak
- 12
- Bell@Sand@Tent76
- lamp-frog-leaf-84
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemLeafDust28
- CornSeedRain80
- strong
- 18
- weak
- strong
- 1
- 4
- 15
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- strong
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- boat!cloud!kite!23
- 2
- 3
- 17
- strong
- strong
- in your head
- has a common word
- weak
- 14
- brick_hill_gold_65
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
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