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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shippondvine10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Gold-Lamp31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Gold-Cloud36 (b) drumraintenthill
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerHillSeed13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Pearl17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Cloud38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Sand.Moon.2014” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Welcome.Drum33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Cloud50 (b) rain.cloud.dust.63
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “qwerty86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Neem.Fern.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!Pearl!2009 (b) ChaiCornHill44
- 15.🔐 “Chai_Wolf_2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Rain_35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Welcome-Sand29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 18.🔐 “moonferncornpond” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Dust11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “letmein66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust#lamp#lake#87 (b) Iloveyou_Gold42
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@River25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Wheel.Moon60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Nest.Dust.Tiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl_lotus_river_44 (b) Ananya2010
- 27.🔐 “Letmein-Nest45” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Wolf-16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Lake@Lamp76 (b) qwerty81
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast.river.lotus.24 (b) wheelcornlamp27
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “admin85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Lotus_Mango_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Aarav.Wheel.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “qwerty41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed.brick.ship.60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Mango#Ship#Fern20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 38.🔐 Is “Tara2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Mango@14 (b) PlumLampSand34
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Pond61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 2
- 4
- Chai-Gold-Cloud36
- 3
- 14
- 16
- 7
- has a name or year
- weak
- rain.cloud.dust.63
- 8
- weak
- weak
- ChaiCornHill44
- has a name or year
- 12
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- dust#lamp#lake#87
- 4
- 17
- strong
- others can guess it
- pearl_lotus_river_44
- has a common word
- 4
- Tent@Lake@Lamp76
- toast.river.lotus.24
- 7
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 3
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- PlumLampSand34
- 13
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