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.🗝️ 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlmoonshelltoast (b) ship#mango#vine#44
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2012 (b) Pearl-Lamp-Seed50
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-River-Tent52 (b) Leaf_Pond_2010
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon!shell!cloud!30 (b) Pearl@Mango@2008
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “boatbrickhill63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Tent-18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Neem#70” 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
- 10.🔐 “Brick#44” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellBoatLeaf57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “CornWheelMoon31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “Chai@81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickNeemDust79 (b) hilltentrainbrick
- 16.🔐 “Iloveyou#Cloud17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 “Vihaan-Lamp-23” 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
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast#drum#pond#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Lamp#Hill#2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 22.🔐 Is “welcome70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moondustcornwolf (b) pearl@brick@lotus@24
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#Rain#Lotus21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Aarav_Brick_57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 Is “drum_nest_wolf_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.Corn.Seed72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Password@Pond62” 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
- 29.🔐 “Nest#57” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Seed.Bell56 (b) Nisha2008
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Moon72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir_Lamp_81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Corn77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemBoatMoon46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “shelllamptentcorn” 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
- 36.🔐 “raincloudtiger54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Tiger.Plum66 (b) Cloud!27
- 39.🔐 Is “river.chai.fern.54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!Neem!Kite68 (b) mangolotusfern18
Answer key
- in your head
- ship#mango#vine#44
- Pearl-Lamp-Seed50
- Rain-River-Tent52
- 3
- moon!shell!cloud!30
- 15
- 4
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 15
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- BrickNeemDust79
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 3
- has a name or year
- 12
- weak
- pearl@brick@lotus@24
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- Frog.Seed.Bell56
- 4
- 13
- 12
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- Frog.Tiger.Plum66
- strong
- Tiger!Neem!Kite68
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