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.🔐 “Rohan.Neem.86” 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
- 2.🔐 “Admin!Plum40” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornmangopearl81 (b) Mango!Frog!Brick87
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Mango62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtentrivermango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Ship50 (b) tent.wolf.lake.72
- 9.🔐 “tigerlampseed33” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “bricksandlotus30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “Corn.Shell.Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Diya-Frog-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Welcome_Drum63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2011 (b) Leaf-Neem-Brick64
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusRainNeem28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakewolfcornriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “drum@wheel@kite@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 19.🔐 Is “LotusBellBoat77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “cloudnestcornpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “sand#tent#pearl#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 “shipvinedustplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Lotus-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogshellmango58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “seedboatpearl45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusSandRiver54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-pearl-frog-74 (b) Cloud.26
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 31.🔐 Is “Tiger!Rain!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustlakeship45 (b) SeedCloudToast27
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “corndrumvinelake” 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
- 35.🔐 “Rain-48” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakelamptiger47 (b) Toast-Frog-Tent30
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 38.🔐 “Tiger-62” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Lamp@Lake88 (b) Nisha2014
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- Mango!Frog!Brick87
- 15
- in your head
- 1
- 2
- tent.wolf.lake.72
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- weak
- weak
- Leaf-Neem-Brick64
- 3
- 1
- 18
- risky
- strong
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 2
- weak
- 16
- 7
- dust-pearl-frog-74
- 7
- others can guess it
- weak
- SeedCloudToast27
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- Toast-Frog-Tent30
- 3
- shorter than 12
- Tiger@Lamp@Lake88
- 2
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