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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-leaf-neem-44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatLampCorn68 (b) Pearl.Brick.2015
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Nest.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudLeafFern18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!leaf!vine!14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “seedriverlamp34” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Drum-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Leaf-Toast36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “welcome64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlakenest89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusNeemSeed41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Sand@36” 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
- 16.🔐 “Hill#79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔐 Is “Admin@Frog30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Moon.2015 (b) lotus.ship.plum.38
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampNestMoon10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 22.🔐 Is “wheel#dust#tiger#80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerfrogshellwheel (b) WheelLakeNest17
- 24.🔐 Is “neemsandcornleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “drumshellfrograin”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “drumkiterain72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Brick-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivermangolotustiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “lake#pond#boat#61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty64 (b) Mango-Lamp-Cloud89
- 31.🔐 “dustkitemango68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Wheel.Gold76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2015 (b) Gold@Pond@Lamp11
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatToastDrum53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.ship.river.46 (b) Password@Lotus44
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_Seed_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Seed#89 (b) Cloud.Rain.Leaf44
- 38.🔐 “Qwerty@Wheel59” 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
- 39.🔐 “Arjun!Tent!48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seednestwheelcloud (b) GoldPearlRain70
Answer key
- others can guess it
- 17
- BoatLampCorn68
- 14
- 3
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 17
- 9
- weak
- 2
- 9
- 3
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- lotus.ship.plum.38
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- WheelLakeNest17
- weak
- 17
- weak
- 14
- 1
- strong
- Mango-Lamp-Cloud89
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- Gold@Pond@Lamp11
- 3
- sand.ship.river.46
- 4
- Cloud.Rain.Leaf44
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- GoldPearlRain70
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