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 “Hill-Plum-Sand12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “drum@lotus@ship@37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Welcome!Vine23” 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
- 4.🗝️ 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitechailotustoast (b) Vine!Pond!Seed59
- 6.🔐 “Plum@Dust@2012” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Shell.Sand37 (b) tigerpondvine40
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellPlumDrum50 (b) Kabir2018
- 9.🔐 Is “Pearl.Cloud.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornfrogseed10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#Dust#Leaf69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 “Toast@Lotus@2013” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “hill!frog!drum!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 17.🔐 Is “Pearl!River!Pond52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Sand.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!dust!tiger!81 (b) Sand#Shell#2015
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Moon@Pearl26 (b) Ananya2008
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome38 (b) sand#lake#shell#22
- 24.🔐 Is “Bell!Frog!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “hillvineriverrain” 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
- 26.🔐 “Wheel@79” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Shell69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellFrogHill53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “admin39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Brick@28” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Kite@2016 (b) Nest_Drum_Chai71
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@pond@kite@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampMoonPlum83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Cloud!Hill!Fern87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Arjun-Moon-39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@bell@dust@84 (b) Pearl_Gold_2015
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Hill_Lotus27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “goldmoonseedriver” 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
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- in your head
- Vine!Pond!Seed59
- has a name or year
- Rain.Shell.Sand37
- ShellPlumDrum50
- weak
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- 2
- weak
- 4
- pond!dust!tiger!81
- River@Moon@Pearl26
- sand#lake#shell#22
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 16
- 15
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Nest_Drum_Chai71
- emojis
- 17
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- pearl@bell@dust@84
- 10
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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