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.🔐 “Qwerty@Rain82” 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
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 3.🔐 “Gold#70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “pondsandshipfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Seed63 (b) Ship-Wolf-Kite16
- 9.🔐 “Ishaan_Cloud_51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔐 Is “drum@leaf@boat@20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “letmein62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2017 (b) wheel.lamp.nest.11
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 14.🔐 Is “Chai_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Arjun!Lake!16” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “toast@drum@tent@68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelMoonRiver24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi@Dust@46 (b) Shell-Sand-Lamp51
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoSandBoat50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Letmein_Sand33” 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
- 21.🔐 “Vine#Moon#2015” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Seed55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “riverseedwheel22” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2012 (b) SandRiverChai67
- 25.🔐 Is “Frog#Lamp#Bell85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Pond72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Tiger!Leaf66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Tara-Lamp-56” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Rain_Toast57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Admin-Mango30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Hill.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscornriver20 (b) gold@shell@cloud@79
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfSandCorn22 (b) Vine@Gold@2009
- 36.🔐 Is “Dust-45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Bell-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “LotusLeafVine87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “Gold-Tiger-Dust40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Tiger_Boat_Seed70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- has a common word
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 12
- Ship-Wolf-Kite16
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- wheel.lamp.nest.11
- in your head
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- 16
- Shell-Sand-Lamp51
- 15
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SandRiverChai67
- strong
- 4
- 8
- 18
- has a name or year
- 18
- weak
- weak
- 9
- gold@shell@cloud@79
- WolfSandCorn22
- weak
- 4
- strong
- strong
- strong
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