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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 2.🔐 Is “seed-tent-tiger-56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 4.🔐 Is “Pearl-73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@rain@brick@69 (b) Vihaan_Dust_46
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernwolfsanddrum (b) Boat!Corn!Kite62
- 8.🔐 Is “Lotus_Chai_2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudseedwolf89 (b) tent_seed_plum_40
- 11.🔐 “Nisha!Brick!52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 “Drum_66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Fern@Cloud11 (b) cornplumtentseed
- 14.🔐 “River@86” 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
- 15.🔐 “vineneemgold74” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Cloud!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand!ship!cloud!82 (b) Qwerty#Chai33
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog_cloud_lake_49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Rohan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Rohan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornSeedVine43 (b) riverplumhill68
- 22.🔐 Is “VineRainWolf15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold-chai-nest-12 (b) lotusrainfrogmoon
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “plum#chai#hill#20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogPlumDrum73 (b) Meera_Ship_76
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Rohan.Moon.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “dustfernlamp38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔐 Is “sandlakeshipriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_pearl_frog_63 (b) Gold.Toast.2008
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemdrumrain60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_Mango_Pond44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Cloud#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickMoonBoat73 (b) mangomoonneem29
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBellPond58 (b) shellleafplummoon
- 39.🔐 Is “Lamp.Shell.Rain62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Welcome_Hill70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- in your head
- strong
- 12
- weak
- drum@rain@brick@69
- risky
- Boat!Corn!Kite62
- weak
- others can guess it
- tent_seed_plum_40
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- Kite@Fern@Cloud11
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- sand!ship!cloud!82
- 3
- weak
- weak
- CornSeedVine43
- strong
- gold-chai-nest-12
- 17
- FrogPlumDrum73
- 8
- weak
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- lamp_pearl_frog_63
- 2
- 17
- 10
- 14
- BrickMoonBoat73
- 3
- DustBellPond58
- strong
- weak
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