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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellsandcornmango (b) leaf-kite-river-34
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome21 (b) TigerBoatCloud68
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 4.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Lotus-Bell-Lamp24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Welcome.Kite10” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “BellBoatSand83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “rain#hill#lotus#88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “pearlplummango23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 10.🔐 Is “Frog-Chai-Leaf43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineferndustnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger!chai!tent!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Corn.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Neem.Ship19 (b) iloveyou21
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#70 (b) rain.tent.river.22
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “lampleaftigerkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “VineCornTent27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Admin#Tent50” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “admin62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#Cloud#Wolf83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Boat-Shell-Sand44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Pearl.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun-Pond-86 (b) ShellToastDust65
- 27.🔐 “Password.Tent82” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Sand!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Corn66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#Fern#Chai18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Pearl80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “frogcloudhillkite” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Vine-83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Brick@Neem@2009” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “lamptoasttigernest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “VineFrogBell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- leaf-kite-river-34
- TigerBoatCloud68
- emojis
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- risky
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 15
- Nest.Neem.Ship19
- in your head
- rain.tent.river.22
- 17
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- strong
- 16
- ShellToastDust65
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- 16
- 2
- 8
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- has a name or year
- 8
- 10
- weak
- strong
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