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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 2.🔐 “Qwerty-Boat53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔐 Is “Saanvi@Lake@21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Leaf!Chai!Gold55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “password20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Tiger-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) dust#corn#plum#27
- 13.🔐 Is “qwerty76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Tara!Pearl!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “fern!plum!dust!55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Hill@73” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricktigerseed52 (b) ToastPondRain43
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Plum.2011 (b) Sand#Plum#Tent51
- 19.🔐 Is “pond.pearl.neem.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Vine#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 23.🔐 Is “Chai@Rain@Wheel40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellRiverDrum34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “nestdrumshellgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Brick10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “lamplakebrick27” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “DrumShipNeem53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Mango!2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Iloveyou#Corn13” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river.mango.plum.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell.moon.fern.76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Toast.Plum23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Brick.60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “shiphillpondlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornlotusneemriver (b) ShipFrogChai23
- 39.🔐 “tigerriverfern77” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “welcome76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- in your head
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- risky
- 9
- 10
- 15
- others can guess it
- emojis
- 3
- dust#corn#plum#27
- weak
- weak
- 17
- shorter than 12
- ToastPondRain43
- Sand#Plum#Tent51
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 12
- strong
- 3
- 17
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 15
- 8
- has a common word
- 3
- 3
- weak
- 17
- weak
- weak
- ShipFrogChai23
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
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