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 “Rohan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Lake55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “moondrumtent32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 “Aarav!Ship!68” 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
- 6.🔐 “Diya@Lamp@77” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Plum23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “admin20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Admin@Pond40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemkitehill42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Plum.Hill37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “pearlseedfernneem” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Ship-45” 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
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 22.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Cloud59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Ship65 (b) mango#boat#rain#31
- 24.🗝️ 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudseedsand17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldLotusHill58 (b) Vihaan2008
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “mangosandcorn46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KitePearlMoon25 (b) Mango-67
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Brick17 (b) sand#boat#brick#61
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafdustvinegold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#Ship#2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Lotus16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river@drum@chai@36 (b) Toast#50
- 35.🔐 Is “Tara2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “rivertentdrumwolf” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “HillPearlSeed38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “bell_cloud_fern_50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
Answer key
- weak
- risky
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 2
- weak
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 9
- 12
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- weak
- mango#boat#rain#31
- in your head
- 10
- 15
- GoldLotusHill58
- 15
- KitePearlMoon25
- sand#boat#brick#61
- 1
- 14
- weak
- river@drum@chai@36
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- strong
- 18
- emojis
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