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.🔐 “Bell-89” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Plum-Frog72 (b) kitetigerwolffrog
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Wheel54 (b) Wolf#43
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome13 (b) VineLampShip36
- 6.🔐 Is “river.toast.pond.37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “kitelampmango50” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi#Neem#85 (b) Cloud_Ship_Frog67
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud_sand_dust_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Brick-Wheel23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Kite.2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonkitemango14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “toastpondwheelfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password40 (b) Gold#Plum#Neem34
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 18.🔐 Is “Wolf!57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlCloudLotus79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain!shell!neem!56 (b) tigerplumbrickshell
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Vine_Gold12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Iloveyou@Corn80” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Lake.54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Chai-2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 26.🔐 Is “riverrainmangochai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “moonshiptoast65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Chai.49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “iloveyou27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-River-Lotus16 (b) Letmein_Pearl56
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Hill29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Toast@Moon@Boat66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast#bell#lamp#18 (b) Tiger_Seed_2008
- 35.🔐 “Arjun_Bell_11” 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
- 36.🔐 “laketigerpondriver” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Neem#18 (b) neem-wolf-river-58
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.37 (b) pearl@plum@wheel@41
- 39.🔐 “wolfbrickrain22” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Brick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- Sand-Plum-Frog72
- in your head
- Kite#Sand#Wheel54
- VineLampShip36
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Cloud_Ship_Frog67
- 18
- weak
- 19
- 4
- 2
- weak
- 3
- Gold#Plum#Neem34
- emojis
- weak
- 17
- rain!shell!neem!56
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 14
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- 13
- weak
- Neem-River-Lotus16
- 10
- weak
- strong
- toast#bell#lamp#18
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- neem-wolf-river-58
- pearl@plum@wheel@41
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
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