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.🔐 “Mango_43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#Tent#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “froglotusnesttiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Welcome.Toast15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_Brick_Drum21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Admin_Sand30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_River_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudleaflamp12 (b) boat.vine.ship.82
- 11.🔐 Is “bell_pond_rain_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Ishaan.Tiger.19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!fern!cloud!22 (b) letmein85
- 14.🔐 Is “Gold.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 17.🔐 Is “tentpearllakecloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Tiger.2009 (b) Leaf!Dust!Plum86
- 19.🔐 Is “Wolf.Kite.Bell71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou21 (b) tiger@hill@drum@52
- 21.🔐 Is “boatbellriverchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust.corn.tent.49 (b) Aarav@Rain@47
- 23.🔐 “rivermangonestdust” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun@Wolf@73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Brick!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandmangonest67 (b) BoatSeedTent81
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Lotus_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou.Gold81” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl_pond_tent_81 (b) hillmoonlake31
- 31.🔐 “Frog!Leaf!2008” 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
- 32.🔐 “Diya-Leaf-74” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Pearl32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “HillRiverPearl16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteVineLeaf27 (b) Password#Drum39
- 37.🔐 Is “boat-vine-wheel-34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondwheeltoastcloud (b) boat-seed-mango-66
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Corn_63 (b) lamp.river.dust.49
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Corn@Lotus40 (b) Moon!63
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 4
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 9
- weak
- 15
- boat.vine.ship.82
- strong
- has a name or year
- river!fern!cloud!22
- weak
- in your head
- others can guess it
- weak
- Leaf!Dust!Plum86
- strong
- tiger@hill@drum@52
- weak
- dust.corn.tent.49
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 16
- 2
- BoatSeedTent81
- 16
- has a common word
- pearl_pond_tent_81
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- strong
- KiteVineLeaf27
- strong
- boat-seed-mango-66
- lamp.river.dust.49
- Frog@Corn@Lotus40
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