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 “drum_lamp_bell_87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger#mango#fern#32 (b) kitelampvine82
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Sand@Rain12 (b) Admin@Kite29
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Neem-44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Frog-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Arjun.Fern.16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineNestCloud38 (b) Qwerty-Rain72
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell.63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuswolfriver77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornHillBrick64 (b) sanddrumcloud74
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 16.🔐 “Frog!43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 Is “leaf#bell#frog#61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick.Wolf.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “brickwheeldust88” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Wolf18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “seedbricknestmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2008 (b) lake_wolf_bell_19
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@lamp@hill@34 (b) Toast_Kite_2009
- 24.🔐 Is “hill_neem_frog_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondNeemChai35 (b) Mango#Neem#2010
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shelltigerlamp36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Password_Lotus38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Chai@Lotus@Lamp57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Cloud37 (b) hill#tiger#brick#24
- 30.🔐 “Neem-Mango-2008” 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
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 32.🔐 Is “River!Chai!Wolf67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “fernhillgoldmango” 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
- 34.🔐 “Nisha.Moon.61” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandmangonestpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “pond#lamp#river#82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Ananya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_Plum_Lamp10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- tiger#mango#fern#32
- Toast@Sand@Rain12
- 4
- 14
- weak
- VineNestCloud38
- 12
- 4
- emojis
- 10
- 16
- CornHillBrick64
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- lake_wolf_bell_19
- pearl@lamp@hill@34
- strong
- PondNeemChai35
- 2
- weak
- strong
- hill#tiger#brick#24
- has a name or year
- in your head
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 1
- strong
- 10
- weak
- 4
- 9
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