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) Tiger_Frog_Neem84 (b) Drum_River_2014
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#Fern#Vine13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Gold#Toast66 (b) Saanvi.Moon.73
- 4.🔐 “dustgoldsand14” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog#pearl#cloud#24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “river-tent-brick-83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Cloud24 (b) MangoRainDrum54
- 8.🔐 “wheeldustcloudmoon” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “pearllotusfern24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Rain.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Password@Plum20” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Aarav_Sand_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein28 (b) RiverPearlNest72
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) Sand-Brick-Lake83
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Nest61 (b) Lake@Cloud@Sand20
- 16.🔐 “Wolf.Dust.2018” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “RiverGoldTent28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “PondKiteToast70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.Hill.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Tent#Dust#2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusMoonHill21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell!tent!gold!15 (b) Qwerty#Frog60
- 26.🔐 Is “Meera.Hill.75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Meera.Frog.18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “HillLotusFern51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite!Tiger!Neem41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Plum!Rain!2013” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “gold!hill!tiger!18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Cloud_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Mango-52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond#vine#moon#78 (b) letmein78
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#Lotus#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Tiger!72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum_ship_dust_10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Tiger_Frog_Neem84
- 16
- Nest#Gold#Toast66
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- MangoRainDrum54
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- RiverPearlNest72
- Sand-Brick-Lake83
- Lake@Cloud@Sand20
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 14
- weak
- 3
- 3
- in your head
- emojis
- bell!tent!gold!15
- weak
- weak
- 12
- 9
- strong
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- 14
- pond#vine#moon#78
- 4
- weak
- 3
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