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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine_shell_brick_50 (b) qwerty84
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-65 (b) chai!lake!kite!44
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverMoonSand48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “lotusvinenest11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “bellneemriver24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “mangomoonvine75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “hill_bell_corn_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#37 (b) pond.neem.pearl.34
- 12.🔐 Is “riverbrickgoldleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “dusthillneem73” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Sand!49 (b) Hill#Lamp#Moon52
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.cloud.plum.10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Welcome.Neem86” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum_river_seed_11 (b) Welcome#Pond27
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-Pond-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Bell_Chai68 (b) Vihaan2010
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelbelldust80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Qwerty-Seed15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangowheelplumbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “frogtigerraindrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#River#Sand27 (b) Diya2016
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Tara.Neem.65” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “rain_kite_bell_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Lamp!Sand25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon-Cloud-River49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Bell_Nest_Leaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteCloudFern56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumRainSeed55 (b) admin25
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand_corn_lamp_23 (b) password41
- 39.🔐 “riverfrogshellbell” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- others can guess it
- vine_shell_brick_50
- chai!lake!kite!44
- 15
- weak
- in your head
- 15
- 3
- 15
- strong
- pond.neem.pearl.34
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Hill#Lamp#Moon52
- 18
- has a common word
- drum_river_seed_11
- 4
- 12
- Dust_Bell_Chai68
- 15
- has a common word
- 1
- weak
- Lamp#River#Sand27
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- 2
- risky
- 7
- 17
- weak
- 18
- strong
- 15
- PlumRainSeed55
- sand_corn_lamp_23
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
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