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) Lamp#13 (b) ChaiWheelShell73
- 2.🔐 Is “rain@kite@hill@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Nest@26” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Frog#Seed52 (b) Password_Ship32
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Tent@Shell36 (b) Hill_34
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillrivertiger59 (b) Drum.Kite.Rain13
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Dust@Pearl71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteHillPearl56 (b) Rohan@Corn@70
- 9.🔐 “Pond@21” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “River!50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Nisha#Drum#58” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Shell75 (b) ship#seed#pond#35
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “shellriverboatnest” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondbrickwolf27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Ananya@Neem@26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Toast!Hill!Frog58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustKiteDrum28 (b) Drum.20
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Moon#42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Rohan.Drum.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastBoatShell61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “plumcornlamp73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!River!57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Moon@66” 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.🔐 “Aarav!Sand!63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlKiteWheel14 (b) Saanvi2018
- 32.🔐 Is “Fern@Ship@Rain12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Lotus_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 35.🎂 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Seed41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaftoastdrum13 (b) LotusCornSeed68
- 38.🔐 Is “ChaiWheelShell12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondToastDust19 (b) Password#Lotus88
- 40.🔐 Is “Shell-Drum-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- ChaiWheelShell73
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Gold#Frog#Seed52
- Neem@Tent@Shell36
- Drum.Kite.Rain13
- 4
- KiteHillPearl56
- shorter than 12
- 8
- 12
- 4
- has a name or year
- 9
- ship#seed#pond#35
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a name or year
- 10
- strong
- DustKiteDrum28
- emojis
- 4
- weak
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- PearlKiteWheel14
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- others can guess it
- weak
- LotusCornSeed68
- strong
- PondToastDust19
- weak
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