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.🔐 “vinelotusbrick31” 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
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 3.🔐 Is “Ship!Kite!Lake82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_Hill_59 (b) Moon_River_Leaf52
- 5.🔐 Is “Nisha!Moon!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlboatlotus34 (b) TigerBrickRain51
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty32 (b) Vine.Toast.Dust60
- 8.🔐 Is “leaf!toast!frog!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “Nest#Rain#2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Bell21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Bell@Tiger15 (b) Iloveyou@Shell30
- 12.🔐 Is “River-Tiger-Sand33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickMangoSeed27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “password54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedlampmoontent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Fern.81” 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
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Mango#Wheel43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Bell-Gold-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Nest!Lamp!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogPlumMoon75 (b) Ishaan@Bell@16
- 21.🔐 Is “Lotus-Lake-Cloud55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Rain12 (b) Neem-Fern-Frog27
- 24.🔐 Is “Lake#34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “drumnestbrick43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Lamp-2015 (b) Pearl-Gold-Sand74
- 27.🔐 Is “frog.moon.sand.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) RiverWolfSand22
- 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 30.🔐 “wolfneemrain15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship-Hill-Mango33 (b) Ananya-Shell-45
- 32.🔐 Is “hillwolfsandboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Fern#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “lampleafpond18” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlShipSand51 (b) Sand@Cloud@2017
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi#Plum#31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Tiger_Cloud87 (b) dustpondtoastdrum
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlbrickleafcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!Wheel!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- Moon_River_Leaf52
- weak
- TigerBrickRain51
- Vine.Toast.Dust60
- strong
- has a name or year
- 15
- Fern@Bell@Tiger15
- strong
- 16
- 10
- 1
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- weak
- FrogPlumMoon75
- strong
- 4
- Neem-Fern-Frog27
- weak
- 15
- Pearl-Gold-Sand74
- strong
- RiverWolfSand22
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Ship-Hill-Mango33
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- PearlShipSand51
- 14
- Corn_Tiger_Cloud87
- 1
- 4
- risky
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