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 “Lamp!84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “riverchailake57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Seed!2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf_brick_rain_77 (b) lakesandkite25
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “frogmangopond69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 7.🔐 Is “Boat.Fern.River59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “welcome47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 10.🔐 “Leaf_19” 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
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 12.🔐 Is “Lamp.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🎂 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
- 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 15.🔐 “Meera-Dust-39” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernboatcloudpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cornleaflampsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Chai-Corn-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “vinecornbelldust” 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
- 20.🔐 “Boat.37” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “password13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-12 (b) ship-fern-kite-48
- 23.🔐 Is “password21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “River-Chai-Fern16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Tiger_Brick_Hill77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “VineSandToast84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Wheel-2012 (b) LakeBoatBell56
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-mango-shell-29 (b) Aarav2014
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Hill#Seed54 (b) tigerbelltoastriver
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “pondvinelampriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Ishaan-Seed-34” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill.frog.leaf.34 (b) Arjun-Cloud-31
- 33.🔐 Is “qwerty80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “CornNestKite65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “neemlamppearl76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!18 (b) leaf.kite.fern.25
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem!bell!frog!66 (b) Ananya2014
- 38.🔐 Is “Pond-Tiger-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Plum_Vine_2009” 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
- 40.🔐 “Welcome@Cloud16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- wolf_brick_rain_77
- 15
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- risky
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- weak
- others can guess it
- 3
- has a name or year
- 1
- 16
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 10
- ship-fern-kite-48
- weak
- strong
- strong
- strong
- LakeBoatBell56
- hill-mango-shell-29
- Pond#Hill#Seed54
- 17
- has a name or year
- hill.frog.leaf.34
- weak
- strong
- 15
- leaf.kite.fern.25
- neem!bell!frog!66
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a common word
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