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.🔐 “Cloud!46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_Lake_23 (b) Kite-Pond-Lamp17
- 3.🔐 “leaflotuspondmango” 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
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 5.🔐 Is “tent_mango_gold_68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellKiteMango24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Welcome-Wheel29” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “corn@vine@drum@84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “admin60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 12.🔐 Is “Kite#Leaf#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tigershellfrog42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “riverneemdrum69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Bell!Nest24 (b) Drum-Bell-2013
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#Lotus#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Gold@36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “Password-Hill88” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Dust@2009 (b) kite_plum_wheel_58
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus.moon.ship.70 (b) Neem@12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverMangoSeed80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Hill48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty56 (b) Frog.Bell.Boat37
- 24.🔐 “Mango.84” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Toast@Cloud@Brick15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “plum-river-tent-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “pearl#dust#cloud#83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Vine-Ship79 (b) Lotus-48
- 30.🔐 Is “Hill@Rain@Cloud76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “neemlakeboatfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfrainkite30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinebricklampfern (b) Nest@Toast@Ship40
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 35.🔐 Is “Nest.Lamp.Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!leaf!lamp!78 (b) Lotus@74
- 37.🔐 “Toast.47” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chaimoonbellleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password51 (b) LampLakeRain14
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Leaf#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- Kite-Pond-Lamp17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- strong
- 3
- has a common word
- strong
- 7
- 3
- 12
- weak
- 16
- 15
- Neem!Bell!Nest24
- 15
- weak
- has a common word
- kite_plum_wheel_58
- lotus.moon.ship.70
- 3
- weak
- Frog.Bell.Boat37
- shorter than 12
- 7
- strong
- 18
- strong
- Brick-Vine-Ship79
- strong
- weak
- 14
- Nest@Toast@Ship40
- in your head
- strong
- corn!leaf!lamp!78
- shorter than 12
- 16
- LampLakeRain14
- 14
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