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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.33 (b) PlumRiverDrum67
- 3.🔐 Is “Mango_Frog_Lotus58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Pearl@Fern78 (b) Rohan2014
- 7.🔐 “cloudtoastvinemango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-tent-toast-87 (b) Lamp-Moon-2011
- 9.🔐 “Password.Kite48” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Boat-11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “wheelsandtentchai” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Bell@Cloud@Vine38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Kite.43 (b) pond-tiger-brick-28
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!23 (b) gold#corn#kite#30
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 18.🔐 Is “Wolf!Wheel!Boat55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “goldlakesandvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Lotus@Corn@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “SandRiverVine60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Leaf@Mango81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “vineshellkite21” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “VineBoatBrick60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Cloud67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2012 (b) Vine!Drum!Pond89
- 27.🔐 “Welcome.River38” 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
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornseedkite47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Kite.59” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Tiger.37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “hillboatcloudbell” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belltentmoon44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Sand@Fern28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Sand-82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelfrogsand76 (b) KiteLotusCloud51
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “gold.neem.brick.67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastlakecloud27 (b) wheel@tent@rain@13
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Bell.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Iloveyou#Tiger36” 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
Answer key
- risky
- PlumRiverDrum67
- strong
- emojis
- 2
- Lotus@Pearl@Fern78
- fewer than 3 kinds
- drum-tent-toast-87
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- pond-tiger-brick-28
- gold#corn#kite#30
- 3
- 12
- strong
- 16
- weak
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 13
- Vine!Drum!Pond89
- has a common word
- in your head
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 16
- weak
- KiteLotusCloud51
- 18
- wheel@tent@rain@13
- 15
- has a common word
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