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) admin28 (b) Tiger@Fern@Vine51
- 2.🔐 Is “Kite#Mango#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Brick_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 5.🔐 Is “Password-Leaf17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@lamp@plum@18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillKiteToast15 (b) froggoldbrick67
- 8.🔐 Is “WolfVineRain54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “shiplotusleafchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Cloud.2017 (b) LakeTigerDrum23
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Ship.Drum28 (b) Arjun-Hill-10
- 13.🔐 Is “chaipearlneem16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Moon!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “rivermangotiger79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “TentSandShip57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest@18 (b) RiverShipDrum23
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Rain@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “MoonLotusCloud32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell-Pearl-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#24 (b) Ship-Leaf-Chai54
- 24.🔐 “Nest-15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 26.🔐 “sandmangocloudbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 27.🔐 “hillmoonwolftent” 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
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 29.🔐 Is “pondvineplumneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Mango#2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Lotus-River-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “ChaiPlumShell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Gold.46” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Pond-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “vine_nest_hill_21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “seedleafnestpearl” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “Mango!Boat!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-88 (b) tiger_river_brick_76
Answer key
- Tiger@Fern@Vine51
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- weak
- 17
- HillKiteToast15
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- LakeTigerDrum23
- Cloud.Ship.Drum28
- weak
- 4
- 8
- weak
- strong
- RiverShipDrum23
- 14
- 8
- strong
- 16
- Ship-Leaf-Chai54
- shorter than 12
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- 10
- strong
- 9
- shorter than 12
- 13
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- tiger_river_brick_76
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