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 “shellpearlmoon54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheeltenttoastlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 4.🔐 “Pond@Kite@2011” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “TentLampDrum55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “lakegoldlamp11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “admin17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Tiger.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “Rohan-Pearl-28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🎂 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerLampBoat78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “shiprainleafmango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi!Tiger!24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “river.lamp.fern.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Letmein.Shell10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔐 “Wheel@19” 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 characters are in “Chai@83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “VineKiteDust60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Frog#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_seed_tent_10 (b) Gold.74
- 23.🔐 Is “Diya#Fern#77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Shell-72 (b) chai.pearl.neem.11
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondCornVine16 (b) Kabir-Pearl-66
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatMangoNeem89 (b) pondsandcloudshell
- 27.🔐 Is “chai-toast-ship-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “drumtigerlotushill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine.pearl.corn.50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “toastsandship22” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Gold@Lamp@Mango58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerSandShell14 (b) mangolampplum57
- 33.🔐 “Ananya@Dust@85” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Kite-27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ponddrumneem24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Pond.Frog.Pearl28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust_tiger_sand_28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolftigergolddust (b) lotus.moon.tiger.37
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) LotusDrumSeed82
Answer key
- weak
- 1
- risky
- has a name or year
- strong
- 14
- 7
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- in your head
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- 7
- strong
- 4
- lamp_seed_tent_10
- weak
- chai.pearl.neem.11
- PondCornVine16
- BoatMangoNeem89
- strong
- 18
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- TigerSandShell14
- has a name or year
- 4
- 14
- strong
- 3
- lotus.moon.tiger.37
- 3
- LotusDrumSeed82
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