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 too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 3.🔐 Is “Rain!Wheel!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumnestdust71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “HillLotusToast70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf@tent@leaf@85 (b) Kite_Mango_2014
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust.brick.tent.13 (b) shellrainkitemoon
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#drum#wolf#80 (b) Lamp.69
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “toast#drum#shell#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Moon-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick#Bell#Chai68 (b) Plum.Lake.2012
- 13.🔐 Is “wolf!cloud!wheel!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestMoonDrum75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship-Lamp-Bell82 (b) Sand@15
- 16.🔐 Is “letmein81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Iloveyou!Lamp14” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou14 (b) cloud@tiger@ship@29
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Frog79 (b) neem-cloud-river-41
- 21.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Plum-30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Toast#Mango15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “shell.lake.sand.47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Nest_Rain15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “fernplumnestkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn#54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou#Corn33” 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
- 30.🔐 “Sand!Lotus!2008” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Boat32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Ship.Moon57 (b) neemlakelotusmango
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plum-vine-ship-72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “password57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelotusgold25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Mango77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Toast_33 (b) gold@neem@hill@20
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Lotus27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- 12
- weak
- 2
- 2
- strong
- wolf@tent@leaf@85
- dust.brick.tent.13
- lake#drum#wolf#80
- 19
- 14
- Brick#Bell#Chai68
- strong
- 3
- Ship-Lamp-Bell82
- weak
- has a common word
- cloud@tiger@ship@29
- 4
- neem-cloud-river-41
- weak
- 19
- strong
- 4
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 3
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 4
- risky
- Chai.Ship.Moon57
- 3
- 17
- 10
- 2
- 14
- gold@neem@hill@20
- 4
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