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) plum#bell#lotus#39 (b) Arjun2014
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) seed@toast@hill@59
- 3.🔐 “Ananya@Seed@71” 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
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 6.🔐 “Neem.Chai.2008” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “seedvinepondneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Is “goldneemraindust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 12.🔐 Is “Tiger!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moontentriver36 (b) TentRainKite77
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!Plum!Pond86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Boat-Gold27 (b) Admin@Frog55
- 16.🔐 Is “lakecornhill52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-drum-corn-56 (b) Qwerty@Shell15
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 19.🔐 “Rain_87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “frogwolftent33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Leaf74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Lamp.Neem10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumhilllake62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Password.Toast41” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “River#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “password53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Nest@Gold40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Vine31 (b) Kite@Vine@Drum32
- 29.🔐 “Shell-63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔐 “lamplotusriverplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 Is “River#Drum#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell!pearl!boat!30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “MangoLotusSand20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Gold#15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Mango53 (b) Pearl_Mango_Rain22
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.81 (b) Lake.Lamp.Tiger53
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@sand@river@23 (b) Lotus.Leaf.2011
- 38.🔐 “Qwerty-Bell53” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudfrogwolf43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!River!Ship44 (b) Arjun2016
Answer key
- plum#bell#lotus#39
- seed@toast@hill@59
- has a name or year
- risky
- 12
- has a name or year
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- emojis
- others can guess it
- weak
- TentRainKite77
- 4
- Seed-Boat-Gold27
- weak
- kite-drum-corn-56
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 13
- 16
- 2
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Kite@Vine@Drum32
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- strong
- weak
- Pearl_Mango_Rain22
- Lake.Lamp.Tiger53
- boat@sand@river@23
- has a common word
- 15
- Moon!River!Ship44
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