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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandShipDrum39 (b) River-Dust-2018
- 4.🔐 Is “lake-mango-sand-11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Corn.26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Fern@Cloud@Hill38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “wheel!bell!drum!55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “password55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “shipwolfchai36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.71 (b) Boat-Sand-Pond44
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Corn!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Cloud15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!32 (b) Seed-Dust-Rain43
- 15.🔐 Is “LotusCornShip26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Nest@Cloud16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Welcome_Wheel68” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “leafshipriver49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) toast_cloud_pearl_42
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!18 (b) SandNeemMoon61
- 21.🔐 Is “PearlBoatLamp48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 23.🔐 Is “Kabir_Bell_11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Drum-47” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_Fern_2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Ishaan#Chai#75” 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
- 29.🔐 “Admin-Lotus24” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@75 (b) frog!dust!tent!23
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Rain_2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Rohan.Tiger.65” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Tiger@River@Moon49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!Nest!2013 (b) Cloud-Kite-Vine69
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafLotusNest45 (b) Toast_Ship_2013
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum_bell_fern_20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelleafdrumlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “lakelotusrainleaf” 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
Answer key
- 3
- in your head
- SandShipDrum39
- strong
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 4
- weak
- weak
- Boat-Sand-Pond44
- 13
- 13
- Seed-Dust-Rain43
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- toast_cloud_pearl_42
- SandNeemMoon61
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 8
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- frog!dust!tent!23
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- 12
- Cloud-Kite-Vine69
- 3
- LeafLotusNest45
- 3
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
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