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) Mango_Bell_2015 (b) Dust_Wolf_Neem51
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivernestsandwolf (b) DustKitePlum73
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedTentShip43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “cornfernchairain” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango@chai@leaf@31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “lampshellrivership” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 9.🔐 Is “Drum-Neem-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@lake@drum@23 (b) Letmein-Boat16
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-mango-lake-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Rain31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 16.🔐 “Iloveyou-Nest89” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Rain76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearldrumneembrick (b) Gold@Wolf@Cloud42
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2016 (b) River_Cloud_Tent73
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf-ship-neem-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Bell-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumSeedLake36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf_corn_bell_34 (b) Nisha_Lotus_37
- 25.🔐 Is “LeafCornKite21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold#26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Diya_Dust_71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf!Drum!2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome47 (b) Frog.Tent.Toast19
- 31.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!Brick!Hill88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Lotus!41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivermangoneemseed (b) hill_kite_chai_18
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 37.🔐 Is “Neem.Lake.Sand27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Chai-Leaf85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuscloudlamp28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogbrickchaimango (b) HillWolfLotus66
Answer key
- Dust_Wolf_Neem51
- DustKitePlum73
- in your head
- 9
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- tent@lake@drum@23
- emojis
- 18
- 4
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- 15
- Gold@Wolf@Cloud42
- River_Cloud_Tent73
- 17
- 8
- weak
- 14
- leaf_corn_bell_34
- strong
- 3
- 7
- has a name or year
- 4
- Frog.Tent.Toast19
- weak
- 3
- 4
- shorter than 12
- hill_kite_chai_18
- 12
- strong
- 16
- 16
- HillWolfLotus66
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