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) Shell#Brick#2009 (b) Hill!Frog!Wheel50
- 2.🔐 “Letmein.Boat88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Kite-72 (b) Sand-Drum-Boat35
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakewheelkite37 (b) moon_shell_boat_34
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-Tiger-Kite13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Cloud-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Mango_Tiger_2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Vine-25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 9.🔐 Is “Ship#Tiger#Mango50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast-Fern-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Tiger-77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Frog@Wolf@Ship76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “qwerty71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Sand.Boat.Lake74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “password17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 17.🔐 Is “Kabir.Wheel.29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf@86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampBoatShell33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_River_Wheel38 (b) Ishaan-Lotus-34
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Ship66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Password!Sand89” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “MoonRiverBoat32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Bell-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “rainboatseedleaf” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Wolf-85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “wolfwheelkiteshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “hillbellrain45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Is “Rohan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Nest-16 (b) ship#lake#wheel#55
- 35.🔐 Is “Lake.Bell.Neem40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafpondtigerbrick (b) river#boat#frog#16
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!Lamp!Nest26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “FernLakeToast21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Seed63 (b) sand@wheel@tiger@73
Answer key
- Hill!Frog!Wheel50
- has a common word
- Sand-Drum-Boat35
- moon_shell_boat_34
- 17
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 15
- 4
- strong
- weak
- strong
- weak
- others can guess it
- weak
- 7
- 3
- Frog_River_Wheel38
- 14
- in your head
- 2
- 3
- has a common word
- strong
- emojis
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- ship#lake#wheel#55
- strong
- river#boat#frog#16
- 12
- 16
- strong
- sand@wheel@tiger@73
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