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.🔐 Is “Sand!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “rainlamphillmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Gold-Wheel34 (b) welcome40
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Tiger.River50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship!Shell!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Chai_63” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty49 (b) Wolf.Lake.River33
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineFrogSand36 (b) letmein22
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafShell77 (b) Nisha.Moon.82
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafNeemDust50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.River.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Rohan#Tent#50” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “CloudLeafPond24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfTentWheel56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlampdrumtent (b) Pond_Mango_Rain30
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat-nest-corn-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Welcome_Neem51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@Tiger@2013 (b) NeemKiteDrum28
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Drum-Moon16 (b) Wheel!55
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Wolf69 (b) River-Shell-Mango27
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 24.🔐 Is “SandHillShip77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “LampKiteSeed20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Sand@Pearl48 (b) admin67
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Nest_70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud@sand@river@20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfrogmoon43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Vine16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “leaf-moon-rain-59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou.Drum79” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome30 (b) gold#rain#vine#58
- 35.🔐 “pearlboattiger43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan@Plum@63 (b) PondLotusCorn75
- 38.🔐 Is “wheel.lake.gold.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@rain@neem@44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- Sand-Gold-Wheel34
- 18
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Wolf.Lake.River33
- in your head
- VineFrogSand36
- NeemLeafShell77
- 14
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- 15
- Pond_Mango_Rain30
- 7
- 3
- has a common word
- NeemKiteDrum28
- Corn-Drum-Moon16
- River-Shell-Mango27
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- Shell@Sand@Pearl48
- 13
- 19
- 2
- 9
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- gold#rain#vine#58
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- PondLotusCorn75
- strong
- others can guess it
- 3
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