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) ship!drum!dust!69 (b) neemcloudgold32
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “Welcome!Pearl30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Wolf!49” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “WheelRainPlum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “admin11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell.cloud.sand.87 (b) Boat-65
- 9.🔐 “Fern.River.2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoclouddustkite (b) ShipLotusDust72
- 11.🔐 “Saanvi-Sand-23” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship#45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Rain20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “lakeshipkiteriver” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Lake_2015 (b) Corn-Lotus-Shell18
- 16.🔐 “Welcome#Rain22” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell!frog!boat!83 (b) Arjun2009
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Lake39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “chaishellcornplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@Moon@2010 (b) vine-sand-leaf-67
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn-mango-brick-68 (b) Admin!Drum89
- 22.🗝️ 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_33 (b) ToastSandShell84
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Leaf-Toast-Bell46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2017 (b) Ship#Mango#Sand23
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Lamp.79 (b) seed.rain.kite.31
- 28.🔐 Is “BoatBellTiger30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “tentcornfrog55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Drum!38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumTigerChai18 (b) iloveyou69
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Ship-33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#Chai#Bell75 (b) nestcorngold20
- 35.🔐 Is “letmein34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Pond80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell#31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 39.🔐 “hillferntoast71” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPlumHill40 (b) corntoastbellvine
Answer key
- ship!drum!dust!69
- emojis
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 7
- risky
- bell.cloud.sand.87
- has a name or year
- ShipLotusDust72
- has a name or year
- 7
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Corn-Lotus-Shell18
- has a common word
- bell!frog!boat!83
- 12
- weak
- vine-sand-leaf-67
- corn-mango-brick-68
- in your head
- ToastSandShell84
- 8
- strong
- Ship#Mango#Sand23
- seed.rain.kite.31
- strong
- weak
- 13
- DrumTigerChai18
- 4
- 4
- Pearl#Chai#Bell75
- weak
- 4
- 4
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemPlumHill40
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