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 “lotussandnestwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!shell!gold!10 (b) Nisha2008
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 4.🎂 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
- 5.🔐 “Ishaan!Plum!71” 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
- 6.🔐 “frogneemlakegold” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_Dust_Brick73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-tiger-sand-59 (b) Wolf-Shell-2009
- 9.🔐 “Wolf!Bell!2010” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “hillneemtiger32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “Fern.Brick.2016” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_Pond_31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Wheel-Kite17 (b) Saanvi2008
- 14.🔐 Is “Tiger_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Mango@Hill@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “cloudtigerrainchai” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Lamp.Kite81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “nestgoldriverbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Brick!50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Cloud61 (b) lake.hill.kite.33
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-pond-plum-38 (b) Arjun#River#79
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 25.🔐 Is “Diya!Tiger!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Rain.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Hill@2016 (b) Drum_Gold_Shell20
- 29.🔐 “Password@Chai85” 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
- 30.🔐 “Saanvi!Fern!86” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Diya-Mango-19” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Rohan#Toast#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “TentDrumGold44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “lake#cloud#sand#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Hill83 (b) pearl_corn_cloud_71
- 37.🔐 “pearlseedchai78” 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
- 38.🔐 “Dust.Lamp.2012” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Kite@19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 17
- seed!shell!gold!10
- 3
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- wheel-tiger-sand-59
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- 13
- Dust-Wheel-Kite17
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- weak
- in your head
- 15
- weak
- lake.hill.kite.33
- toast-pond-plum-38
- 12
- weak
- weak
- risky
- Drum_Gold_Shell20
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 8
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- strong
- pearl_corn_cloud_71
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 12
- 9
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