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) Ship!Boat!Pearl63 (b) Neem#10
- 2.🔐 “Fern#23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverNeemNest43 (b) Shell#26
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampShellBoat48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Cloud.Neem.Leaf64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@Moon@2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Boat.Pond.Sand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Diya-Seed-81” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain-Mango-Brick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun!Tent!13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Ship.2014 (b) Shell-Rain-Hill30
- 17.🔐 Is “goldpearllamp61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Lamp_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust_wolf_tiger_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Welcome-Gold59” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_Ship_Vine30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#37 (b) ShellKitePlum13
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipbrickfernkite (b) Mango#Lotus#Ship55
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) Kite-Boat-River25
- 26.🔐 Is “Gold.Kite.Boat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Cloud-River21 (b) Toast-75
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.49 (b) tiger@moon@fern@63
- 30.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pearl-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Lotus.River39 (b) admin13
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “lotusboatseed10” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Nest@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “shipplumlamptent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Corn#Chai44 (b) Dust@Pearl@2018
- 38.🔐 Is “Admin!Tiger19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Lotus.22” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Nest@Corn@2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- Ship!Boat!Pearl63
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- RiverNeemNest43
- 2
- 3
- strong
- 4
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- 12
- 7
- Shell-Rain-Hill30
- weak
- 13
- 3
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- ShellKitePlum13
- Mango#Lotus#Ship55
- Kite-Boat-River25
- strong
- Rain-Cloud-River21
- others can guess it
- tiger@moon@fern@63
- weak
- 4
- Brick.Lotus.River39
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- weak
- Moon#Corn#Chai44
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
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