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) seed@pearl@frog@73 (b) Iloveyou_Boat72
- 2.🔐 Is “MoonDustLeaf59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickkitecorn34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Tent_75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 6.🔐 Is “tigertentshell58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 8.🔐 “Password-Drum15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#23 (b) Tiger_Lotus_Frog18
- 10.🔐 Is “lotus@drum@chai@72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf-corn-hill-82 (b) tentfernneemriver
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Moon18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondmangosandleaf (b) pond_mango_sand_63
- 14.🔐 “Password_Drum27” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog#Tiger#Seed75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Welcome_Frog12” 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.🔐 Is “Mango_Kite_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “BellPondToast44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “chaishipsandtoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “admin42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “PearlCornHill35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Lotus11 (b) SandWolfToast18
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@Lotus@2012 (b) lamp!bell!neem!78
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-sand-chai-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Frog@Pearl12 (b) Vine!18
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonFernVine47 (b) welcome78
- 32.🔐 Is “Admin-Lamp49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Gold28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “BellKiteTiger19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastbelllotusmango (b) frog!lotus!fern!59
- 36.🔐 Is “Toast.Vine.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Tent_Nest76 (b) riverlampmoon61
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Wheel20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Welcome@Tent27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- seed@pearl@frog@73
- strong
- 2
- 4
- others can guess it
- weak
- in your head
- has a common word
- Tiger_Lotus_Frog18
- strong
- wolf-corn-hill-82
- 4
- pond_mango_sand_63
- has a common word
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 2
- 9
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 7
- 7
- strong
- SandWolfToast18
- lamp!bell!neem!78
- 2
- 3
- Kite@Frog@Pearl12
- MoonFernVine47
- weak
- weak
- strong
- frog!lotus!fern!59
- weak
- 10
- Pond_Tent_Nest76
- 16
- weak
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