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) Toast-Wheel-2009 (b) Brick#Drum#Neem82
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav!Boat!79 (b) Pond@Fern@Drum84
- 3.🔐 Is “Dust-Hill-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 6.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “rain!corn!ship!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “SeedDrumPond68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “welcome42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Ship61 (b) Shell.Lotus.Vine18
- 14.🔐 Is “Sand@53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “Seed-Pond-2012” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Neem.2016 (b) DrumRainLeaf50
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “kite-tiger-vine-26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Mango-Toast56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Iloveyou#Kite57” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinehillkite75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “kitehillchai10” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Frog84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverNeemLake56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Lotus#Sand#Moon81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “letmein85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestwolfmoonplum (b) CornSeedWolf56
- 27.🔐 “wheellotusplum12” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl@Shell@Sand19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Rohan_Tiger_50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Nest-57” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Lamp@Boat76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampraindust21 (b) ShellRiverSeed61
- 33.🔐 “Boat-56” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Wolf38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Fern-Corn89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “drumchaiwheelnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Shell73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “corndrumtentship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “drum_toast_pond_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent!bell!leaf!72 (b) Ananya2013
Answer key
- Brick#Drum#Neem82
- Pond@Fern@Drum84
- weak
- 4
- in your head
- weak
- strong
- others can guess it
- 2
- 2
- strong
- weak
- Shell.Lotus.Vine18
- weak
- has a name or year
- DrumRainLeaf50
- 18
- 18
- has a common word
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- strong
- weak
- CornSeedWolf56
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- ShellRiverSeed61
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 16
- weak
- 4
- weak
- strong
- tent!bell!leaf!72
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