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.🔐 Is “MangoRiverRain71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 3.🔐 Is “NeemRiverRain50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellseedpearl82 (b) vine!frog!bell!69
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 Is “drumleaflakeboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!24 (b) DrumSandRiver88
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedSandCloud46 (b) nestbrickboat54
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverLotusToast21 (b) Tara2018
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!41 (b) Shell!Mango!Wolf77
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “lakelampfern82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “WheelCornLake66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Hill.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Brick26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.rain.neem.14 (b) Ishaan2014
- 20.🔐 “Diya.Leaf.31” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Tiger#Mango87 (b) password75
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Tiger.82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogLeafDrum20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “pondchaihillmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Wolf70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “pond_plum_brick_86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Wheel@78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “hillsandchaitiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Meera.Tiger.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Ship62 (b) Lamp-River-Kite24
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestPearlKite34 (b) Pond_54
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!toast!river!24 (b) Drum#58
- 33.🔐 Is “iloveyou40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Mango@Vine54 (b) Ananya2015
- 35.🗝️ 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “corn@brick@boat@78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@leaf@rain@28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “frogshippearlriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “seedtentkiteleaf” 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
Answer key
- strong
- emojis
- strong
- vine!frog!bell!69
- 7
- others can guess it
- weak
- risky
- DrumSandRiver88
- SeedSandCloud46
- RiverLotusToast21
- Shell!Mango!Wolf77
- 9
- 14
- strong
- 3
- 15
- 13
- kite.rain.neem.14
- has a name or year
- Kite#Tiger#Mango87
- 4
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 18
- 4
- weak
- weak
- Lamp-River-Kite24
- NestPearlKite34
- pond!toast!river!24
- weak
- Toast@Mango@Vine54
- in your head
- 18
- 12
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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