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 “drum-seed-tiger-51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “LampTentBell31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Neem.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Password!Brick10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 7.🔐 Is “Aarav2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_Moon_Sand31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Corn17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Ishaan@Lamp@43” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “wolffernseedgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “vine-dust-toast-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldBellWolf33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.chai.hill.24 (b) seedneemtiger32
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-Leaf-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Mango@Dust@Plum59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “belldrumfern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine#Hill#River82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlNestMoon84 (b) admin39
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Hill#40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “ship@tiger@chai@77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🎂 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Toast.Lamp.Drum85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “pearl!sand!vine!84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “chai#lotus#wheel#64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Sand62 (b) Lamp@Rain@Corn11
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “shell#lamp#bell#87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cornrainhillsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “ferngoldshiphill” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2013 (b) Frog#Bell#Lotus68
- 34.🔐 Is “RiverPondLotus13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Nest_49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “pearlseedkite83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine-Corn-Drum41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 39.🔐 “Corn.63” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandhilllake74 (b) Frog.Lotus.Drum76
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 12
- in your head
- weak
- 16
- risky
- 15
- has a name or year
- 16
- 18
- 3
- fern.chai.hill.24
- 3
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 4
- PearlNestMoon84
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- strong
- strong
- Lamp@Rain@Corn11
- 18
- 16
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Frog#Bell#Lotus68
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 16
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- Frog.Lotus.Drum76
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