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.🔐 “Iloveyou@Mango71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Is “raingoldshipboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.pearl.shell.71 (b) Qwerty-Tent47
- 5.🔐 Is “ShellBellWheel85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 7.🔐 “plumtentneem20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_River_Brick31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “brickcloudrainmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Nisha-Dust-82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Admin!Drum84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “password10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 16.🔐 “tigerplumcorn71” 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
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “password88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuswheelchai68 (b) KiteLotusHill21
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Lotus.Corn16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscloudleafship (b) cloud_gold_river_56
- 23.🔐 Is “wolf!toast!tent!53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “FrogPlumToast47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “plumhillpearl42” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Cloud_Pond89 (b) Moon#Lamp#2008
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Drum.Seed24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Leaf44 (b) Plum.Frog.Wolf13
- 29.🔐 Is “Sand-Frog-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “lake!brick!hill!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogDustDrum28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerFernVine17 (b) Aarav#Pearl#28
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestvinemangoneem (b) Gold@Lotus@Toast32
- 34.🔐 Is “Tiger@Kite@Sand73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamptigerriver43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hill_drum_tent_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “plumdusthill58” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty33 (b) BoatLeafDrum85
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand!nest!lamp!73 (b) Arjun#Dust#50
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Corn_2008 (b) LampSeedPearl23
Answer key
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- mango.pearl.shell.71
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 4
- 19
- 2
- weak
- weak
- 10
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 10
- KiteLotusHill21
- risky
- 4
- cloud_gold_river_56
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Ship_Cloud_Pond89
- 4
- Plum.Frog.Wolf13
- weak
- strong
- 3
- TigerFernVine17
- Gold@Lotus@Toast32
- strong
- 2
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BoatLeafDrum85
- sand!nest!lamp!73
- LampSeedPearl23
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