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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiplampneem57 (b) Nest_Plum_Ship54
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust@59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-tiger-sand-61 (b) froglotushill22
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “pearlrainvine29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Nest11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RainLakeKite20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusLakeDust86 (b) mangoleafboat47
- 10.🔐 “vinecornfern77” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔐 Is “drum-neem-dust-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Tiger28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Kite!Frog!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud_moon_vine_42 (b) Sand-82
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldrivershiphill (b) lotus_wheel_pearl_17
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Gold.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “BoatWolfShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Frog!52” 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
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🗝️ 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Tiger@Kite47 (b) Qwerty_Lotus54
- 24.🔐 “Kabir-Sand-71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!Lotus!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “brick!cloud!leaf!63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumhillwheel25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Toast82 (b) MangoTentChai35
- 29.🔐 “Brick#84” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudTigerKite22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Arjun.Pond.31” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonFrogPond31 (b) goldplumshellriver
- 33.🔐 “Neem#71” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog!gold!dust!15 (b) Diya2016
- 35.🔐 “goldboatshelllamp” 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
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustriverlamp47 (b) lamp-boat-brick-71
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest.moon.tiger.45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lampseedfernwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Nest_Plum_Ship54
- weak
- boat-tiger-sand-61
- others can guess it
- 3
- weak
- 15
- 14
- LotusLakeDust86
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 14
- 3
- weak
- cloud_moon_vine_42
- lotus_wheel_pearl_17
- 14
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 2
- in your head
- River@Tiger@Kite47
- has a name or year
- 15
- strong
- 2
- MangoTentChai35
- shorter than 12
- 3
- has a name or year
- MoonFrogPond31
- shorter than 12
- frog!gold!dust!15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- lamp-boat-brick-71
- 3
- 3
- 17
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