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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampRiverPlum82 (b) qwerty44
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Gold#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Brick@88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 5.🔐 Is “pearlwolflotus64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillcloudcornrain (b) HillDrumWheel44
- 7.🔐 Is “Brick!Leaf!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustriverseed61 (b) Rain#Pearl#Brick66
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan@Frog@34 (b) leaf#nest#kite#29
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River!Brick!Frog75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “drumtoastlotus84” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Tiger.Ship.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “plum.cloud.pearl.16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger_frog_pond_47 (b) Seed_31
- 15.🔐 Is “KitePlumFern17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudSandHill42 (b) nestshipwolfchai
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “rainrivergoldlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineshippearl64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “password65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Meera-Drum-81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLakePearl88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “kite@pearl@dust@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Wheel!60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Rohan#Pond#83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Wolf.Hill.Boat10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#lotus#toast#53 (b) admin20
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou41 (b) Neem-Chai-Frog65
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “hillgoldfernlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 31.🔐 Is “Aarav@Drum@64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Rain#65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Is “Tent.Shell.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “plumgoldriver24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcloudferndust (b) LotusBrickTiger33
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Chai23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog_kite_fern_13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “bell-frog-leaf-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
Answer key
- LampRiverPlum82
- 4
- 14
- in your head
- weak
- HillDrumWheel44
- weak
- Rain#Pearl#Brick66
- leaf#nest#kite#29
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- tiger_frog_pond_47
- strong
- CloudSandHill42
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 10
- weak
- 3
- strong
- 4
- weak
- strong
- rain#lotus#toast#53
- Neem-Chai-Frog65
- 16
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- LotusBrickTiger33
- 4
- 3
- 9
- 17
- others can guess it
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