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 “MoonToastCloud19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “neem.shell.ship.63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 6.🔐 Is “Lotus-Plum-Dust80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Frog@69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#shell#corn#10 (b) Arjun2016
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Rain26 (b) Dust_Seed_Shell23
- 10.🔐 Is “Meera2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumcornhilltiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest_shell_mango_22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Dust.52” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Lamp.Shell.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “Chai#Hill#2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 17.🔐 Is “pondfernlamp25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Lamp#Frog52 (b) Ishaan.Frog.71
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 20.🎂 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Chai.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Diya#Frog#36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔐 Is “toastplumneemcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Meera2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “password57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Bell54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “letmein68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitemangotigerwheel (b) wheel_pond_river_44
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Tiger#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “bellshipdust26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-River80 (b) Gold#River#Sand72
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#Gold#Pond42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “pearltigershell13” 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
- 35.🔐 “Seed.Tent.2018” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Vine@44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Corn.Lamp10 (b) Kite.Frog.2014
- 38.🔐 Is “moon@corn@dust@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Cloud_77” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
Answer key
- strong
- 18
- 9
- risky
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- gold#shell#corn#10
- Dust_Seed_Shell23
- weak
- 1
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- Wolf#Lamp#Frog52
- 12
- others can guess it
- 15
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 10
- 4
- weak
- in your head
- wheel_pond_river_44
- 4
- 14
- Gold#River#Sand72
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 13
- Wolf.Corn.Lamp10
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
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