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 “WheelFernBrick29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondtigerriverhill (b) LampVineCloud72
- 3.🔐 Is “CloudShipWheel19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog!hill!tiger!27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 6.🔐 Is “letmein61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Neem_Shell80 (b) Admin#Toast59
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2014 (b) Corn.Dust.Tent82
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Mango28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) tiger!pearl!rain!27
- 11.🔐 Is “Tara2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Sand#Neem#Toast11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “DustCloudWolf56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan@Moon@17 (b) DrumCloudLeaf61
- 17.🔐 “Vine#Hill#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
- 18.🔐 Is “wolfdustneem17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Vine_2008 (b) lamp.boat.brick.75
- 20.🔐 “Ishaan.Bell.30” 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
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerSeedShell81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “boatlakeshipneem” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Pearl#Gold38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Seed@41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “BellLotusTiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Hill!Wolf!Ship46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Admin_Cloud70” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “gold#kite#neem#79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon#ship#kite#53 (b) Iloveyou_Plum75
- 32.🔐 Is “kitevinemoon21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “CloudKiteFrog85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell!pearl!boat!67 (b) Nisha-Pond-67
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Fern59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Corn-2009 (b) ShipLotusSand16
- 39.🔐 “Lotus#Drum#2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 “Letmein_Gold66” 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
Answer key
- strong
- LampVineCloud72
- strong
- 3
- 3
- weak
- Pond_Neem_Shell80
- Corn.Dust.Tent82
- 4
- tiger!pearl!rain!27
- weak
- strong
- strong
- emojis
- 12
- DrumCloudLeaf61
- has a name or year
- weak
- lamp.boat.brick.75
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 4
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 10
- 17
- moon#ship#kite#53
- weak
- strong
- bell!pearl!boat!67
- 15
- 9
- 4
- ShipLotusSand16
- has a name or year
- has a common word
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