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.🔐 Is “Brick@Lamp@2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Moon.Fern10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Kite-Pearl-Seed37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 7.🔐 “Rohan-Kite-35” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerPearlWolf81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Tiger.Moon28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2010 (b) SandNeemLake85
- 11.🔐 Is “letmein86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “pearl@fern@leaf@65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2017 (b) Brick@Hill@Neem10
- 14.🔐 Is “moondrumshell15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Rain@15 (b) cloud_rain_mango_81
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondleafboat40 (b) fern_mango_kite_32
- 17.🔐 Is “Password@Seed19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun_Fern_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Rain.Tiger.2008” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toasthilldustshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 23.🔐 Is “corn@rain@tent@41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Hill!Tiger!Rain87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl@seed@gold@35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Ship@Cloud60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “boattigerwheelchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “neemplumchaivine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_River_Neem39 (b) Arjun_Tent_66
- 32.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password53 (b) pond.sand.corn.70
- 34.🔐 Is “mango@plum@tiger@77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “leafcloudlakesand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudcornriverhill (b) Brick.Kite.Lotus31
- 37.🔐 Is “Welcome-Frog47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “cloudvinefroghill” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverNestRain86 (b) Kabir#Sand#54
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentbrickcloudmango (b) TentLakeShell53
Answer key
- weak
- 12
- risky
- 16
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 16
- 4
- SandNeemLake85
- weak
- strong
- Brick@Hill@Neem10
- weak
- cloud_rain_mango_81
- fern_mango_kite_32
- weak
- 13
- has a name or year
- 1
- 9
- others can guess it
- strong
- strong
- 18
- 4
- 3
- 18
- 8
- 16
- Hill_River_Neem39
- in your head
- pond.sand.corn.70
- strong
- weak
- Brick.Kite.Lotus31
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- RiverNestRain86
- TentLakeShell53
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