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 “WolfLeafCloud52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “Plum@42” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!ship!fern!61 (b) Kabir.Neem.46
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2009 (b) neem#lake#dust#27
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2014 (b) Toast_Sand_Lotus84
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 8.🔐 Is “Admin.Pearl23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf_shell_pond_71 (b) letmein42
- 10.🔐 Is “Dust@81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!Neem!Brick19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “VineTentDrum56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 14.🔐 “Rain-15” 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
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickseedkite58 (b) GoldNeemMoon72
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Seed@Plum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Brick44 (b) tent.corn.lake.28
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-River-Ship18 (b) cornfrogkitebrick
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuspondleaf51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “nest@wolf@ship@86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-31 (b) neem!brick!toast!60
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!74 (b) Bell-Hill-Toast46
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Kite-2008 (b) Kite@Drum@Lake62
- 28.🔐 Is “cloudseeddustcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Nest#Leaf11 (b) Arjun-Wheel-25
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Fern17 (b) Tiger@Hill@Pearl83
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_Neem_Drum49 (b) Wolf-Frog-2015
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Ship!65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Shell!River!2009” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_Seed_2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentplummango16 (b) PondGoldSand69
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumGoldChai75 (b) drumfrogneemnest
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeRainCorn30 (b) Saanvi2013
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “kitewolfcorn22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Drum.63” 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
Answer key
- strong
- shorter than 12
- lamp!ship!fern!61
- neem#lake#dust#27
- 4
- Toast_Sand_Lotus84
- 12
- weak
- leaf_shell_pond_71
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- GoldNeemMoon72
- 4
- 8
- in your head
- tent.corn.lake.28
- Corn-River-Ship18
- 15
- strong
- emojis
- neem!brick!toast!60
- Bell-Hill-Toast46
- Kite@Drum@Lake62
- weak
- Wheel#Nest#Leaf11
- Tiger@Hill@Pearl83
- Cloud_Neem_Drum49
- 13
- has a name or year
- 15
- risky
- PondGoldSand69
- PlumGoldChai75
- LakeRainCorn30
- 14
- shorter than 12
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