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 “Meera2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemlampsandrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Kite60 (b) MangoNeemLake37
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipSeedRiver26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Qwerty.Shell18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 Is “mango-lamp-leaf-57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “neemchaibrickship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornhilltentpearl (b) NeemDrumBoat13
- 10.🔐 Is “BrickVineDust51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudFrogTent86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “VineKiteTent17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “iloveyou67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Iloveyou_Corn11” 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
- 16.🔐 “pondwolfpearl40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Plum13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “River-Tiger-Drum18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “shiprivernestseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#Cloud#Tent19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Sand@Pearl68 (b) Arjun2012
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Pearl-Brick35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 24.🔐 Is “sandwheelboatwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Tent.Pearl18 (b) ponddustwheelkite
- 27.🔐 Is “Boat@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_Boat_2010 (b) Chai.Corn.Lake38
- 29.🔐 “River!88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldtoastdrum88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty16 (b) BellRainMango31
- 33.🔐 Is “Aarav.Lotus.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Tent.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@Rain@Seed14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “admin62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Mango.Boat40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 1
- MangoNeemLake37
- 15
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- 17
- NeemDrumBoat13
- strong
- 15
- strong
- weak
- 2
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- 17
- 4
- Tiger@Sand@Pearl68
- 18
- 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- Leaf.Tent.Pearl18
- weak
- Chai.Corn.Lake38
- shorter than 12
- 2
- in your head
- BellRainMango31
- weak
- 3
- 3
- 8
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 4
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