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) Seed.Corn.Frog56 (b) Pond_Frog_2018
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “dusthillmoonlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Pond.Pearl.Moon49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 “Diya-Leaf-67” 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
- 6.🔐 “Diya_Corn_47” 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
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum#chai#lake#20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Password-Gold64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Kite#22 (b) Rain.Lotus.Vine82
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Plum#15 (b) Vine#Moon#Mango10
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentBoatRain62 (b) Sand.Lamp.2018
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Shell29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Gold@Kite15 (b) shiptoastchai79
- 15.🔐 “Neem_Drum_2015” 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
- 16.🔐 “lotustigermango67” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Boat_Tent42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Frog51 (b) Dust-Lamp-Boat86
- 22.🔐 Is “FrogHillDrum55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem!Lamp!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@25 (b) LampSeedMango30
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainTigerShip24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Diya@River@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2012 (b) PearlPondChai39
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Tent@2017 (b) ShipLeafShell60
- 29.🔐 Is “Ship!12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaihilllamp15 (b) rain#brick#seed#24
- 31.🔐 Is “chaineembellsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Saanvi@Cloud@37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Saanvi!Wheel!72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandlotuswheelmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Chai#Boat81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentpearldrum46 (b) mango@brick@chai@40
- 37.🔐 Is “Lake.Dust.Chai23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2009 (b) frog.lamp.sand.13
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Nest-Drum26 (b) Lotus_56
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus-cloud-ship-40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Seed.Corn.Frog56
- 17
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 3
- weak
- Rain.Lotus.Vine82
- Vine#Moon#Mango10
- TentBoatRain62
- 4
- Lamp@Gold@Kite15
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- risky
- others can guess it
- 10
- Dust-Lamp-Boat86
- strong
- 4
- LampSeedMango30
- 3
- weak
- PearlPondChai39
- ShipLeafShell60
- weak
- rain#brick#seed#24
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 1
- 4
- mango@brick@chai@40
- strong
- frog.lamp.sand.13
- Boat-Nest-Drum26
- 19
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