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 “Password@Seed84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “password65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Wheel86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Hill_Ship56 (b) Iloveyou_Nest44
- 5.🔐 “cloudleaflamppond” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “dustplumfrog53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Cloud.77” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2008 (b) Pond@Vine@Hill64
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Pond!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Wheel-Nest-2009” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Admin#Seed80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Letmein!Ship56” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangopondleaf74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Pearl!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 16.🔐 “Bell-88” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “ship.leaf.vine.78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@River@Mango35 (b) chainestmangolamp
- 20.🔐 “Seed_Drum_2014” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Nest_Chai_Ship59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf-sand-lake-28 (b) cloudcornsandtiger
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir#Lotus#22 (b) lake@moon@sand@67
- 24.🔐 “Rohan.River.59” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “MangoCornSeed16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Cloud29 (b) ShellSandShip85
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick#20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedtoastwheellotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill@Leaf@Moon41 (b) shipvinerainwheel
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedgoldlotuskite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “wheeltigernestkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Wheel#Shell25 (b) Ship!Pond!2018
- 38.🔐 Is “tigersandnest27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “bellboatlakepond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@chai@tent@22 (b) Welcome_Moon52
Answer key
- weak
- 10
- 4
- Shell_Hill_Ship56
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Pond@Vine@Hill64
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a common word
- 2
- 15
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 3
- Vine@River@Mango35
- has a name or year
- strong
- wolf-sand-lake-28
- lake@moon@sand@67
- has a name or year
- strong
- ShellSandShip85
- 8
- others can guess it
- 1
- 7
- 10
- Hill@Leaf@Moon41
- risky
- 1
- 18
- emojis
- Bell#Wheel#Shell25
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- corn@chai@tent@22
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