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 “Seed-Wheel-Hill70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatrivermoondust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) seed.leaf.neem.58
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeSeedVine30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome71 (b) ship@hill@lake@83
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Nest.Wolf49 (b) Corn!40
- 10.🔐 “chaiplumfern36” 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
- 11.🔐 “rainvinefrog51” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “WheelLampShip52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Toast.Cloud25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “WolfKiteMoon75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Nest#River#Cloud82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-river-kite-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampchaitigerpearl (b) DrumBellPearl35
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-Fern-Leaf25 (b) Corn-30
- 21.🔐 “River-Cloud-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 22.🔐 Is “cloud#dust#rain#34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “sand#hill#rain#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “dustchailakecorn” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “neem.boat.sand.87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlotusfrogcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscorncloudmango (b) RiverDustLamp69
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@Hill@Kite26 (b) Leaf#River#2012
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumDrumHill10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Toast#Tiger79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Cloud@Wolf35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Pearl!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 36.🔐 “mangoclouddustboat” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickrainshell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Gold#Shell89 (b) lotusnestcorn30
- 39.🔐 “Bell.Lamp.2014” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2015 (b) SandKiteSeed46
Answer key
- strong
- 1
- in your head
- others can guess it
- seed.leaf.neem.58
- 3
- 12
- ship@hill@lake@83
- Seed.Nest.Wolf49
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 18
- DrumBellPearl35
- Mango-Fern-Leaf25
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- 3
- 18
- RiverDustLamp69
- Chai@Hill@Kite26
- 3
- 19
- 17
- 4
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- Lake#Gold#Shell89
- has a name or year
- SandKiteSeed46
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