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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou60 (b) Lotus.Brick.Tiger27
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampRiverFern35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome84 (b) Gold_Rain_Hill13
- 5.🔐 “Iloveyou_Chai71” 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
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Sand-53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Arjun2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!Hill!Leaf63 (b) Seed@12
- 11.🔐 Is “Corn-Cloud-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “corn.kite.drum.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “lake#dust#cloud#80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!corn!wheel!26 (b) Nisha-Tent-59
- 16.🔐 Is “lotus-mango-cloud-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 20.🔐 Is “Welcome.Nest55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Kabir-Plum-68” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou17 (b) HillLakeTent61
- 23.🔐 Is “Admin@Dust35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf_wheel_chai_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Mango_Lotus_2009” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Toast.Mango.2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoFernPearl32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Tent.Fern87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Rain77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun_Toast_33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#River#Ship38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan@Tent@67 (b) ToastNestWolf24
- 33.🔐 “Lotus.Chai.2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 35.🔐 Is “Toast_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Password@Sand81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@frog@lotus@19 (b) goldtigernest51
- 38.🔐 Is “river_rain_sand_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password49 (b) LotusPearlTiger30
- 40.🔐 “Aarav#Boat#87” 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
Answer key
- Lotus.Brick.Tiger27
- 3
- 4
- Gold_Rain_Hill13
- has a common word
- risky
- 4
- weak
- 4
- Tiger!Hill!Leaf63
- weak
- 2
- 17
- 18
- chai!corn!wheel!26
- strong
- 12
- others can guess it
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- HillLakeTent61
- weak
- 18
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 14
- 17
- ToastNestWolf24
- has a name or year
- in your head
- weak
- weak
- moon@frog@lotus@19
- strong
- LotusPearlTiger30
- has a name or year
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