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 characters are in “Brick-Dust-Nest23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir-Tiger-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoTigerRain58 (b) Password!Tiger56
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi_Cloud_78 (b) CloudFrogSand52
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 7.🔐 Is “ToastVineLake49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “Cloud-Toast-2008” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellshellfern10 (b) river#tent#kite#37
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickWheelNeem34 (b) cloudrivervine68
- 11.🔐 Is “Boat-Cloud-Bell73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “SeedRiverLake58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelllotusdustseed (b) frog.moon.lamp.30
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Dust.Fern40 (b) Hill!26
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Plum.Lotus45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “cloudwheelbellcorn” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonleafwolfdust (b) CornNeemHill86
- 18.🔐 Is “Ananya_Dust_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornferntoastcloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “pearllotusboat62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “kite@fern@vine@26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “tigervinedrummoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Moon#Dust#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-Boat-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “vinelakehillseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!River10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellshippearlbrick (b) ToastGoldMango35
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Pearl!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “iloveyou39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “goldshellneem65” 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
- 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 33.🔐 Is “Cloud-Brick-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-72 (b) River!Rain!Chai76
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldBellRiver39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Letmein_Vine28” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Frog#Lamp61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Cloud!Lamp!2015” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.Lotus.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Brick@58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 17
- weak
- MangoTigerRain58
- 8
- CloudFrogSand52
- in your head
- strong
- has a name or year
- river#tent#kite#37
- BrickWheelNeem34
- strong
- strong
- frog.moon.lamp.30
- Tiger.Dust.Fern40
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CornNeemHill86
- weak
- 1
- 16
- 17
- 17
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 4
- ToastGoldMango35
- others can guess it
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- weak
- River!Rain!Chai76
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
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