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) Pond.62 (b) Cloud-Gold-Seed23
- 2.🔐 “riverraincorn66” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern_corn_toast_82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “dusttoastrainsand” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Moon_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty70 (b) MoonPondRiver12
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerclouddrumneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf-chai-neem-35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “lampfernlakepond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 Is “Lake!Vine!Chai31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverRainBell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “rainmangotiger89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 17.🔐 Is “brick-rain-hill-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “PearlPlumNeem51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “moon@cloud@plum@65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Plum!14 (b) Lotus!Toast!Vine57
- 21.🔐 Is “gold_cloud_shell_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!River!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2009 (b) DustCloudWheel24
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaffrogshellcloud (b) chai@gold@bell@47
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Plum28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “tent_lamp_dust_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine!lotus!rain!79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Saanvi#Cloud#63” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Tent_Bell10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem-Frog-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Pearl-Wolf47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@Wheel@Seed29 (b) Letmein_Moon29
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “plumcornkiteboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Lotus@2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Rohan.Moon.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- Cloud-Gold-Seed23
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- MoonPondRiver12
- 12
- 7
- 18
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 15
- 16
- in your head
- strong
- strong
- 18
- Lotus!Toast!Vine57
- strong
- 8
- 4
- DustCloudWheel24
- chai@gold@bell@47
- 4
- 2
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- 17
- others can guess it
- weak
- 17
- Vine@Wheel@Seed29
- 16
- 15
- weak
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