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) Ananya2018 (b) TigerTentCloud30
- 2.🔐 Is “Sand@Fern@Tiger87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “CloudBoatRiver43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 5.🔐 Is “Letmein_Lamp83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “ShipFrogWolf41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “NestPlumKite58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumGoldWolf14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_18 (b) Rain.Fern.Leaf13
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 13.🔐 Is “Leaf_Corn_Drum45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@vine@cloud@85 (b) Ananya-Lamp-86
- 15.🔐 Is “kite_river_fern_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 17.🔐 Is “shipraincloudbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “Saanvi2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampmoonlake65 (b) tiger_dust_moon_56
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Bell!2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-21 (b) Pearl.Sand.Boat57
- 23.🔐 Is “river.cloud.ship.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2014 (b) KiteTentFrog11
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoLotusWheel17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “hillcloudvinelake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “cloud_pearl_neem_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “hillmangotent87” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillwheellakesand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “admin77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome#Fern57 (b) WheelLeafNest88
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Tiger-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Pearl!Wolf13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Lamp@Wolf@2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 38.🔐 Is “Diya!Pond!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Leaf@Kite@2018” 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
- 40.🔐 “Ishaan-Corn-39” 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
Answer key
- TigerTentCloud30
- strong
- strong
- 3
- weak
- strong
- strong
- risky
- 2
- 3
- Rain.Fern.Leaf13
- 12
- strong
- tent@vine@cloud@85
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- tiger_dust_moon_56
- 14
- Pearl.Sand.Boat57
- strong
- KiteTentFrog11
- 9
- 3
- weak
- 17
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- weak
- WheelLeafNest88
- 15
- 4
- has a name or year
- emojis
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
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