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 “Pond@Moon@Hill23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin50 (b) corn_cloud_lotus_45
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Drum#37” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “frogbricktoast32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Pond-49” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “sandtoastlamp32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Toast@Tiger88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust@boat@mango@38 (b) Ananya2008
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “bell_drum_mango_87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Bell@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Pond86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “mangoraincloud29” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Leaf_80 (b) LotusTentGold24
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2014 (b) hill#bell#drum#75
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan!Boat!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumchaitoast86 (b) RiverNestVine45
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara.Bell.19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfbellneemmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2012 (b) River.Boat.Rain86
- 25.🔐 Is “Rohan_Chai_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Boat.76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 27.🔐 Is “bell.leaf.dust.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “NestRiverCloud71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Seed_Corn48 (b) Aarav-Toast-25
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastpearlsand63 (b) pond.kite.gold.85
- 32.🔐 “lotuspearltentship” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandbrickcloud81 (b) toast#hill#brick#73
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-Gold-Tiger68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Kite22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp_drum_rain_36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “welcome74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin22 (b) sand_lamp_pearl_39
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@Fern@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “cornlotusrain58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- in your head
- 12
- corn_cloud_lotus_45
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 18
- 4
- dust@boat@mango@38
- others can guess it
- 18
- 15
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LotusTentGold24
- hill#bell#drum#75
- 4
- RiverNestVine45
- 12
- 16
- River.Boat.Rain86
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- Brick_Seed_Corn48
- risky
- pond.kite.gold.85
- fewer than 3 kinds
- toast#hill#brick#73
- 4
- 13
- 17
- weak
- sand_lamp_pearl_39
- 4
- 15
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