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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “neem#gold#river#54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “chai_gold_cloud_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “NeemLampSeed48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Rain_2011 (b) lamp!leaf!seed!16
- 7.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Cloud34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “fern-dust-wolf-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “dust.tiger.fern.72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Boat31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestShipBoat54 (b) River#Wheel#2012
- 14.🔐 “Rohan!Gold!20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 “hilldrumneem35” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein63 (b) NeemMangoLamp69
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou55 (b) Lake!Bell!Toast65
- 18.🔐 “Qwerty.Pond18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 19.🔐 “Nisha!Corn!14” 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
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.River.69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 23.🔐 “lampfernmoon61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔐 Is “rivercloudlotus49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir-Wheel-45 (b) mango!drum!moon!53
- 27.🔐 “Boat-Vine-2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 “boatpondshiptiger” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonbricklotus52 (b) mango_rain_fern_16
- 30.🔐 Is “Lake.35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “hill.plum.frog.59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Chai!Wolf!Lamp41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Wheel-19” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Nest45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hillfrogboatriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “moonshellneem64” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin67 (b) Lotus-Dust-Bell72
Answer key
- emojis
- 2
- strong
- strong
- strong
- lamp!leaf!seed!16
- weak
- 17
- strong
- 14
- 3
- 10
- NestShipBoat54
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemMangoLamp69
- Lake!Bell!Toast65
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 12
- 4
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- in your head
- mango!drum!moon!53
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- mango_rain_fern_16
- weak
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- risky
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 4
- Lotus-Dust-Bell72
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