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-Toast88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Gold!Vine!2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “TentHillFern66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Chai22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Pearl#75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Gold.60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “lamp!tiger!neem!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Vine@Neem@Moon83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “TentPearlPond50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@ship@cloud@25 (b) Arjun!Cloud!47
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest@13 (b) vine_bell_lamp_16
- 12.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Leaf-Pearl12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Neem#Rain53 (b) Tara#Wheel#77
- 18.🔐 “Arjun.Leaf.18” 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
- 19.🔐 “Kabir.Dust.27” 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
- 20.🔐 “Password-Tiger41” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.52 (b) ChaiBoatLake37
- 22.🔐 Is “Dust#82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-81 (b) MangoVineTent85
- 25.🔐 Is “seedlotusmoonbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Wheel36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “vineshelltigernest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotussandchaimoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou-Lotus26” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemShellBell75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “moon@fern@wolf@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “river-neem-plum-66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 35.🔐 Is “Mango_Frog_Chai72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!55 (b) HillFrogKite54
- 37.🔐 “Admin.Brick65” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Meera2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “seed#chai#cloud#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “Shell@Ship@2009” 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
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- 14
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- strong
- strong
- lotus@ship@cloud@25
- vine_bell_lamp_16
- weak
- 3
- 17
- 12
- in your head
- Corn#Neem#Rain53
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- ChaiBoatLake37
- weak
- 2
- MangoVineTent85
- weak
- weak
- 18
- others can guess it
- 1
- has a common word
- 3
- 17
- strong
- risky
- strong
- HillFrogKite54
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
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