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.🔐 “Lotus.Plum.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Aarav_Ship_29” 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
- 6.🔐 “Nest#Pond#2010” 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
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 9.🔐 “leafvinepearlplum” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Shell_Drum30 (b) admin88
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Wolf18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “toastchailotuspearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoVineChai49 (b) sandshipleaf24
- 15.🔐 Is “sandrainshipwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLampTiger43 (b) Vine-20
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Fern!Lotus37 (b) Dust-36
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “SandMangoGold75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilllakelotus53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest#ship#sand#21 (b) Shell.Bell.2013
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedWolfRain70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Mango89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “pondboatdrum30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-Ship-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Mango-44 (b) cloud-shell-dust-13
- 26.🔐 Is “Lake#Drum#Dust26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Rain-Tent-2008” 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
- 28.🔐 “lampfrogferncloud” 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
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 30.🔐 Is “wheel-vine-shell-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “kite_lamp_leaf_59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_81 (b) hill#chai#pond#28
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@drum@neem@17 (b) Kabir-Chai-79
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelbellleafvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-dust-river-63 (b) pondlakelampchai
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Vine27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Frog!37 (b) Leaf.Cloud.Vine28
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.seed.rain.57 (b) Ishaan2008
- 40.🔐 “Iloveyou.Cloud17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 7
- 12
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lamp_Shell_Drum30
- in your head
- 4
- weak
- MangoVineChai49
- weak
- FernLampTiger43
- Mango!Fern!Lotus37
- 15
- 2
- nest#ship#sand#21
- 14
- 4
- weak
- 4
- cloud-shell-dust-13
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- strong
- 17
- hill#chai#pond#28
- rain@drum@neem@17
- 1
- moon-dust-river-63
- 4
- 2
- Leaf.Cloud.Vine28
- tiger.seed.rain.57
- has a common word
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