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.🔐 “Dust.26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 “Iloveyou.Tiger76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔐 “Chai@29” 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
- 4.🔐 “nestfroghilllamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustNeemNest26 (b) moonlamppearlriver
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2018 (b) Vine_Leaf_Toast22
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_tent_river_55 (b) Password#Tiger70
- 9.🔐 Is “Mango!Sand!Toast32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “rain_pearl_cloud_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.Pearl.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Drum@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Moon32 (b) Drum-Tent-Pearl48
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Wolf@Bell62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Pearl-Gold82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernleafseed56 (b) KiteLeafCorn81
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudgoldmoon67 (b) dust@bell@moon@31
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2008 (b) DrumWolfLake65
- 24.🔐 Is “plumboattoastneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Lake.Rain.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!Shell!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Sand-48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “hill-kite-gold-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondLakeLotus64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Dust-Pond-2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 “Lamp!18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔐 “Nest!75” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Shell!Lake21 (b) wolfboatpond55
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Mango-Wolf81 (b) Vihaan#Corn#33
- 37.🔐 Is “Sand-Pearl-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Sand@87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “chaicloudboatbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- DustNeemNest26
- others can guess it
- Vine_Leaf_Toast22
- pond_tent_river_55
- strong
- emojis
- 9
- 19
- 15
- weak
- in your head
- 12
- Drum-Tent-Pearl48
- 17
- 2
- 17
- KiteLeafCorn81
- dust@bell@moon@31
- DrumWolfLake65
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 13
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 9
- Nest!Shell!Lake21
- Moon-Mango-Wolf81
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 4
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