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.🔐 “pearllotusshiphill” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “gold-river-seed-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlWheelLake70 (b) Qwerty-Wolf23
- 4.🔐 “plumshipkite44” 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
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) Lake!Shell!Ship16
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedShellNest89 (b) Mango@33
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!Kite!Vine40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondPlumKite78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Bell@15 (b) Moon!River!Mango77
- 13.🔐 Is “Tiger!Nest!Corn87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernPondToast60 (b) Nisha-Cloud-43
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Tent.2012 (b) Neem#Kite#Hill72
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-River-14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “shipgoldpearl38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Saanvi_Rain_22” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “moontoastrain33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “brickboatmangohill” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) SeedBoatLeaf20
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornNeemRiver85 (b) Tiger_Lake_2012
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 25.🔐 Is “Admin@Hill64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Neem@Lamp35 (b) goldcloudnestrain
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Sand.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Kite20 (b) NeemChaiDrum29
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust_seed_neem_26 (b) sandtigerdustmoon
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “seed_pearl_dust_85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “bricknestmoon45” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud-corn-drum-73 (b) cloudtigerchaidust
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudriverneemseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Admin-Lotus55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “Corn#26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@59 (b) TigerSeedTent48
- 40.🔐 Is “mango.nest.river.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- PearlWheelLake70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- Lake!Shell!Ship16
- SeedShellNest89
- 17
- 3
- 4
- risky
- Moon!River!Mango77
- strong
- FernPondToast60
- others can guess it
- Neem#Kite#Hill72
- 13
- 15
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedBoatLeaf20
- CornNeemRiver85
- 12
- weak
- Wolf@Neem@Lamp35
- 14
- 8
- 8
- NeemChaiDrum29
- dust_seed_neem_26
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- cloud-corn-drum-73
- 1
- weak
- weak
- TigerSeedTent48
- strong
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