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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 2.🗝️ 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Lotus25 (b) lotus@wolf@bell@68
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustfernrain61 (b) BellTigerMango36
- 5.🔐 Is “Qwerty#River73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “shellbrickhill60” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!bell!lake!48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Tent-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernrainboat18 (b) Moon_Mango_Corn33
- 10.🔐 “wheeldustbrickdrum” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonKiteShip82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Hill-Gold45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “chailotusshiplamp” 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
- 14.🔐 “Vine_River_2016” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!vine!kite!24 (b) password11
- 16.🔐 Is “Rohan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “cloudneemmangogold” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome15 (b) NeemLampDrum60
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Fern_32 (b) River.Tent.Fern17
- 21.🔐 Is “Toast.Moon.Vine44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Seed74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “chaicornsandrain” 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
- 24.🔐 “Aarav!Gold!14” 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
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2008 (b) boat#drum#lotus#85
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “bellgoldwolf73” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_Leaf_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-nest-river-60 (b) Wheel@Gold@2010
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2011 (b) Wolf#Tiger#Tent18
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Seed_60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.River.2008 (b) Shell-Wheel-Ship66
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “password11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-mango-dust-87 (b) Cloud!40
- 39.🔐 Is “Boat-Lotus-Drum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- in your head
- lotus@wolf@bell@68
- BellTigerMango36
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- Moon_Mango_Corn33
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- gold!vine!kite!24
- weak
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemLampDrum60
- River.Tent.Fern17
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 12
- boat#drum#lotus#85
- emojis
- 9
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 4
- drum-nest-river-60
- Wolf#Tiger#Tent18
- 14
- Shell-Wheel-Ship66
- 10
- ship-mango-dust-87
- strong
- 2
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