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.🔐 “lotuspearlcloudtent” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Is “ChaiPondPearl33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “rainbricktent13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@River@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Chai-Hill-Lake58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!50 (b) Seed!Shell!Pond84
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondustrainlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “PondCloudToast62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Drum44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Hill34 (b) MoonSandDust64
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbrickleafshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-mango-pond-63 (b) Tent_23
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellmoonlamppearl (b) MangoPondShell87
- 15.🔐 Is “password57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@Dust@Plum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “shellhillwheelfern” 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
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 20.🔐 Is “moon@plum@shell@82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@lamp@brick@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumdustchaikite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldvineseed79 (b) neem.brick.rain.83
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Pearl-Pond85 (b) Aarav-River-51
- 27.🔐 “Tiger-28” 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
- 28.🔐 “Rohan_Ship_72” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.75 (b) Tent-Frog-Moon37
- 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 32.🔐 “vineboatplumriver” 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.🔐 “Diya.Corn.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Lake-82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@Boat@Plum14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.drum.neem.63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampneemmango29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “boatpearlwheelcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- strong
- Seed!Shell!Pond84
- 1
- strong
- 4
- MoonSandDust64
- 18
- frog-mango-pond-63
- MangoPondShell87
- weak
- in your head
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- strong
- 2
- emojis
- 3
- 1
- neem.brick.rain.83
- Gold-Pearl-Pond85
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- Tent-Frog-Moon37
- weak
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- 8
- weak
- 17
- 2
- weak
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