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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon!dust!chai!10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Boat!13 (b) lotus.drum.leaf.31
- 3.🔐 “Nisha_Lake_89” 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
- 4.🔐 “shellplumpearl30” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@shell@boat@69 (b) Tent-54
- 6.🔐 Is “Letmein@Boat49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Moon!Cloud!Leaf31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Cloud-Wolf31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Aarav_Shell_87” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Drum@23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “dust.seed.sand.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogBellRain20 (b) Password!Lamp83
- 14.🔐 “wolfplumlake70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Kite-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “plum!tiger!river!64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Lotus!Hill!Cloud29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainkitetiger39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Diya-Boat-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Seed@Sand@2017” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornNeemFern77 (b) Nisha-Hill-60
- 23.🔐 Is “CloudWolfTent31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Wheel#83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Ship@Lamp@Leaf22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverDustShell48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “vine-brick-cloud-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Tent58 (b) Wolf#Toast#Moon15
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Dust@Chai19 (b) moondrumgold38
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 32.🔐 “Kabir_Ship_16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest.frog.bell.83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Nest#Brick#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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome24 (b) fern-boat-lamp-57
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “boat.sand.frog.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!Lake!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Lake-2015 (b) Nest!Seed!Pond62
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
Answer key
- 3
- lotus.drum.leaf.31
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- vine@shell@boat@69
- weak
- strong
- 17
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 12
- FrogBellRain20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- strong
- risky
- 2
- weak
- has a name or year
- CornNeemFern77
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 16
- strong
- Wolf#Toast#Moon15
- 3
- Frog@Dust@Chai19
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- fern-boat-lamp-57
- in your head
- 17
- 13
- Nest!Seed!Pond62
- others can guess it
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