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 “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Vine@Moon79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir-Moon-17 (b) Boat-Nest-Sand25
- 4.🔐 Is “nestpearlrainvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 “Mango-76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#mango#toast#88 (b) Vihaan2013
- 7.🔐 “cloudfrogkite65” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “drum.shell.tiger.19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Tent-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Neem!2010 (b) Pearl-Lamp-Vine30
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#66 (b) Drum-Brick-Wheel23
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Lotus@Lamp22 (b) shiptigerneem51
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelltigertoastneem (b) Chai!Neem!Kite63
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Sand19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Letmein!Boat31” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustVineHill89 (b) pearltentneemplum
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Sand!Wolf88 (b) neemkitelampboat
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 21.🔐 Is “KitePondDrum65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “plumbellriver76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Gold.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Wheel.37” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondhilllotus26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakeraincornhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Boat@Mango@Toast12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Pearl56 (b) ShipLampVine60
- 31.🔐 “Chai_44” 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
- 32.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickmoonlampboat (b) ship_drum_pearl_17
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “moonrainkite75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Lotus#Bell#2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “sandfernseedtiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “toastnestleaf82” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “lotuswheellampriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Qwerty.Fern38” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “mango!pond!brick!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- Boat-Nest-Sand25
- weak
- shorter than 12
- lamp#mango#toast#88
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 14
- Pearl-Lamp-Vine30
- Drum-Brick-Wheel23
- 7
- Pond@Lotus@Lamp22
- Chai!Neem!Kite63
- 10
- 13
- has a common word
- DustVineHill89
- Brick!Sand!Wolf88
- 12
- strong
- weak
- 3
- others can guess it
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 1
- strong
- ShipLampVine60
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- ship_drum_pearl_17
- 14
- weak
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
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