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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Hill@Ship74 (b) Qwerty@Tent15
- 2.🗝️ 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango-cloud-fern-41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Corn-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin57 (b) ShipGoldBell40
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Dust.Pearl72 (b) Leaf.Seed.2008
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “lakevinetigerhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainfrogshellwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumNeemHill57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfNestDrum22 (b) tigersandneem67
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.Pond.River50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Cloud-Toast-Dust89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Toast-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Leaf#Seed#2018” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “leaf!nest!kite!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “tentbrickchaiseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 Is “Sand-Lotus-2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “Ishaan#Tiger#38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#Chai#20 (b) LeafDrumPearl78
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Fern.53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “lakerainmoonplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.10 (b) HillShellRain61
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Plum69 (b) MangoGoldNeem75
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Lamp#14” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “Saanvi-Lamp-89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “Ishaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Letmein.Nest29” 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
- 31.🔐 “shellnestshippearl” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@River@Ship54 (b) sandrainfernplum
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “TentGoldSeed83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “drum.neem.river.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest@lotus@brick@46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Rain!River58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivergoldpondmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Toast!89” 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
Answer key
- Sand@Hill@Ship74
- in your head
- 3
- 3
- 13
- 4
- ShipGoldBell40
- Shell.Dust.Pearl72
- 17
- 1
- 14
- WolfNestDrum22
- 4
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- LeafDrumPearl78
- 13
- weak
- HillShellRain61
- MangoGoldNeem75
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Pond@River@Ship54
- 4
- strong
- strong
- others can guess it
- 3
- 4
- 1
- shorter than 12
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