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.🔐 Is “vine-pearl-moon-25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Shell#Neem#Plum62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “wolfpondneemleaf” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “MangoMoonNest35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornneemkitedrum (b) rain@lamp@dust@71
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Wolf_Plum33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Neem@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🎂 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoRainKite16 (b) Kabir.Lotus.48
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_Shell_74 (b) River!Seed!Ship57
- 12.🔐 “River!17” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Moon15 (b) gold@wolf@drum@15
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattentsand72 (b) WheelCornDust78
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Lotus!2016 (b) plum@boat@mango@80
- 17.🔐 “fernchaiseedpearl” 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
- 18.🔐 “lampdustpearl13” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!pearl!frog!29 (b) Password-Bell25
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafTigerFrog44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#River#58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “tigerpearlfern55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 25.🔐 Is “Meera2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Kite@47” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “vinedustneemshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@Kite@Plum13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverWheelPlum21 (b) qwerty15
- 31.🔐 Is “admin44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Kite!Boat!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “admin79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 36.🔐 “lamphillmangomoon” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-rain-river-37 (b) Ananya2015
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellnestpondhill (b) sand#frog#neem#57
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverPondToast44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- rain@lamp@dust@71
- 17
- 15
- others can guess it
- MangoRainKite16
- River!Seed!Ship57
- shorter than 12
- gold@wolf@drum@15
- WheelCornDust78
- 3
- plum@boat@mango@80
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lamp!pearl!frog!29
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 4
- RiverWheelPlum21
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 7
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- frog-rain-river-37
- sand#frog#neem#57
- 9
- 16
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