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) Toast-Chai-Wheel85 (b) Vine.Hill.2016
- 2.🔐 “Letmein@Corn55” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “plum-gold-dust-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Aarav_River_29” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Rohan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “neem#cloud#drum#42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf@river@neem@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@34 (b) CornLeafDrum57
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan!Sand!41 (b) moon_hill_vine_50
- 12.🔐 Is “Ananya2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “Nest-Moon-2008” 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
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumVineMango31 (b) Moon_19
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Sand-11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Brick@35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “VineSandPond87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus_nest_bell_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Corn-74” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “golddrumwolf32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#rain#frog#25 (b) Rain.50
- 24.🔐 Is “kitecornfrogpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “drumrainriver22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “mangobellshelldust” 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
- 27.🎂 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
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Lamp79 (b) Cloud!Rain!Shell88
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Frog!2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Boat@Seed73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Hill@Kite25 (b) brickriverfrog53
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Kite44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger-28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoDrumCloud38 (b) laketentship18
- 37.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome47 (b) LampPearlTent76
- 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Vine_Lamp27 (b) Ananya-Rain-56
Answer key
- Toast-Chai-Wheel85
- has a common word
- 17
- has a name or year
- weak
- 9
- strong
- 18
- CornLeafDrum57
- 3
- moon_hill_vine_50
- weak
- has a name or year
- in your head
- DrumVineMango31
- 4
- weak
- 13
- 14
- 18
- shorter than 12
- weak
- mango#rain#frog#25
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- emojis
- Cloud!Rain!Shell88
- 3
- 14
- 4
- Plum@Hill@Kite25
- 4
- weak
- MangoDrumCloud38
- risky
- LampPearlTent76
- 12
- Toast_Vine_Lamp27
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