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 “iloveyou77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “MoonFrogLamp12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “Wolf!Tent!Corn71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Wolf.Leaf.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Moon@Lamp27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed@Tent@2013 (b) GoldMangoLamp21
- 9.🔐 “Mango!47” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “PondFrogMoon35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan-Dust-71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “seedgoldnest65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship.Wolf.Drum67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome77 (b) moon.lamp.kite.29
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 21.🔐 Is “welcome74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Mango!54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Lamp!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “hilllotusship60” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Frog_57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “boatbricklotusvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔐 “River_Lotus_2010” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Shell15 (b) VineBellDust45
- 31.🔐 Is “Meera2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Vine_Lake23 (b) Toast#21
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerChaiShip33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Vine#Neem#Shell52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfshellbellbrick (b) WolfFernWheel15
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “lotushillsandriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “vineponddustship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Wheel-83 (b) boat_bell_drum_27
Answer key
- weak
- 7
- strong
- strong
- 9
- weak
- 16
- GoldMangoLamp21
- shorter than 12
- strong
- emojis
- in your head
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 4
- weak
- 4
- moon.lamp.kite.29
- 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- 4
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- VineBellDust45
- weak
- Bell_Vine_Lake23
- 7
- 15
- strong
- 2
- WolfFernWheel15
- 18
- weak
- boat_bell_drum_27
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