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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Kite@Dust81 (b) Shell_55
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn!Plum!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Toast!49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “ToastKiteShip43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Boat.Mango.2008” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🎂 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Bell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfBoatPond89 (b) Aarav2017
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Pond63 (b) ShellVineRiver74
- 13.🔐 Is “LotusKiteCorn43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “Plum!Tent!2013” 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
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 16.🔐 Is “frogriverseedcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “neemtigerkitesand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed!rain!nest!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Neem-2012 (b) Leaf.Gold.Hill21
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Pond73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerneemriver28 (b) Toast.Wolf.Moon61
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “password19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “BellGoldPond12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Lake-53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Mango-19” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Nisha!Brick!63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Gold-62” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Corn-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Admin_Brick48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Mango!Drum26 (b) Qwerty@Rain23
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raincloudcornfern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “hillwheeldust66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 “Chai#23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_Wolf_Gold50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “dustwolfleaffrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “lotustigersand81” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “letmein58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_84 (b) Lamp_Wolf_Sand41
Answer key
- River@Kite@Dust81
- in your head
- 14
- 3
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- others can guess it
- weak
- WolfBoatPond89
- ShellVineRiver74
- strong
- has a name or year
- 12
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 3
- Leaf.Gold.Hill21
- 4
- Toast.Wolf.Moon61
- 10
- 14
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 14
- has a common word
- Leaf!Mango!Drum26
- 2
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 16
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Lamp_Wolf_Sand41
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