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 “Toast_51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#Ship#River52 (b) Admin_Nest20
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Pearl-River14 (b) Diya2008
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_Rain_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Cloud-Sand42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “password21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Tara2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “River!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Sand@Boat@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “moonkitedrum59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “shipcloudwheelboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_83 (b) lamp@wheel@seed@21
- 16.🔐 “plumlamppearl76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Chai#58 (b) VineTentShip42
- 18.🔐 “Shell.72” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Rain!Wolf!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Pearl_Mango45 (b) Cloud!11
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellgoldvinecorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Vine_Tent_Plum58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf_lotus_mango_48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty!Mango53” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast!pond!fern!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakeleaffern64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “corn#lotus#cloud#64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Vihaan@Tiger@47” 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
- 29.🔐 “vineleafdustboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 30.🔐 “Admin-Kite18” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “plumkiteriver53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Diya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 34.🔐 “Admin_Wolf17” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@42 (b) NeemDustLamp40
- 36.🔐 Is “Neem@31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Bell@Fern@Kite42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “bellmangosandwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastmangoshellnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- Lotus#Ship#River52
- Wheel-Pearl-River14
- 4
- 18
- weak
- weak
- 8
- 7
- weak
- risky
- 14
- 18
- 12
- lamp@wheel@seed@21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- VineTentShip42
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Fern_Pearl_Mango45
- 1
- strong
- 19
- has a common word
- 3
- 2
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- has a common word
- NeemDustLamp40
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 8
- 1
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