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 “Diya-Lamp-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “Iloveyou.Neem83” 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
- 3.🔐 “Fern@Vine@2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Lake22 (b) TentPearlKite57
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 6.🔐 Is “Wolf!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya.Tiger.73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Kite59 (b) fern@bell@wheel@46
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frognestkite59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipTentMoon12 (b) Saanvi2014
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@76 (b) Dust#Fern#Bell40
- 13.🔐 “moonpondwheel49” 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
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@River@38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Kite_Nest_2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Seed_Wolf64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Saanvi2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustRainBoat77 (b) iloveyou30
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome45 (b) Nest-Fern-Hill33
- 24.🔐 Is “iloveyou39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “riverneemplumhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “dusttigertoastfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Lake@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “wolfnesttiger15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilllotusleaf25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “belltoasttent83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfrivervinemoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “RiverTentNeem40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Nisha2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Vine-Cloud21 (b) Admin-Cloud28
Answer key
- weak
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- TentPearlKite57
- others can guess it
- weak
- 4
- 12
- fern@bell@wheel@46
- 2
- ShipTentMoon12
- Dust#Fern#Bell40
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 14
- has a name or year
- 9
- 16
- weak
- DustRainBoat77
- risky
- 3
- Nest-Fern-Hill33
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 3
- 9
- 4
- weak
- 2
- 2
- 15
- 17
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Wheel-Vine-Cloud21
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