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 “Pond.52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Bell@2009 (b) Cloud#Gold#Brick77
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Lake-36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Lotus-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#Mango#Dust82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Tent@Pearl@2014” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Neem_Leaf_2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.sand.lamp.49 (b) Diya@Wheel@23
- 9.🔐 Is “Gold_Mango_Dust71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 11.🔐 Is “Boat-Lamp-Shell81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickNestPearl76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Ananya.Wheel.64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “welcome84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Neem#58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillriverrainship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed@shell@cloud@49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Sand-84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitevinefern66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Vihaan_Ship_23” 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
- 21.🔐 “moonrivership44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinepearlneemtiger (b) Seed_River_Wolf55
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@Frog@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 25.🔐 Is “shellrainchai39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “toastplumshellcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Ishaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Saanvi#Boat#46” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Seed.Pearl27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Rohan-Sand-51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “TentBoatChai15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Aarav!Neem!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Fern.Mango.2009” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger@Dust@2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “moonfernbrickcorn” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “sand.tiger.wolf.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_Seed_2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Lake@Sand64 (b) hillnestwheel34
Answer key
- weak
- Cloud#Gold#Brick77
- 4
- weak
- 18
- has a name or year
- weak
- seed.sand.lamp.49
- strong
- emojis
- strong
- 16
- weak
- weak
- 13
- 1
- 3
- 13
- 2
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Seed_River_Wolf55
- 4
- others can guess it
- weak
- 18
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- 10
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- in your head
- Frog@Lake@Sand64
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