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 hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “vinepondmangolotus” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell@Lamp@Drum70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Wolf70 (b) Moon-Tiger-Cloud36
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffrogtiger44 (b) Plum-Pearl-Ship84
- 8.🔐 “Letmein!Wolf57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Is “Toast#Wolf#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 11.🔐 “Password#Kite21” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “mangoshellkiteplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “HillKiteLotus42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestriverplumshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “lampdustmoon71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Diya#Cloud#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerCloudShip38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2010 (b) Hill_River_Dust46
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Neem_2018 (b) TigerVinePond33
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Corn-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Seed_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Mango_18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus.hill.tent.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Nest@Wheel@Gold20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “cloudseedsandplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 28.🔐 “pearlkitehill12” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “tentlampclouddrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “frogsandbrick25” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafVineToast55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerseedpearllake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Bell!Plum!Lotus29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Ship_Shell33 (b) drumgoldsand14
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfCloudVine10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Toast59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Moon-Tiger-Cloud36
- emojis
- Plum-Pearl-Ship84
- has a common word
- weak
- 12
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- 1
- weak
- weak
- risky
- 16
- Hill_River_Dust46
- TigerVinePond33
- 8
- 14
- 4
- 15
- 18
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 9
- 1
- strong
- Dust_Ship_Shell33
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 4
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