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.🔐 “plumlamptoastsand” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “pearl-wolf-cloud-44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “toastwheeltent23” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “cornboatrain19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Lamp#Dust#Pond69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_River80 (b) gold_drum_river_87
- 10.🔐 Is “qwerty45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Wheel#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Vine#Frog#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Drum.Gold.Sand77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Frog.Lake24 (b) Tiger#Lotus#2017
- 16.🔐 Is “seedbrickboatleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “LampTigerFern63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Tent_2009 (b) Leaf@Brick@Corn15
- 19.🔐 Is “Mango-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickFernRiver26 (b) Qwerty#Kite81
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 22.🔐 Is “lakevinehill16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Chai_17” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Bell@Cloud62 (b) tigertentshell17
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-Lotus-Moon40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornriversand20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “leafdustshellseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “MoonLakePearl33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Lake#Cloud51 (b) Arjun2012
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@River@Moon12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLotusBrick78 (b) tigermangokitewolf
- 36.🔐 “Lotus-30” 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
- 37.🔐 “Moon#45” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-71 (b) Boat-Pond-Vine71
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@60 (b) rain!bell!lake!85
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!nest!chai!50 (b) Ishaan_Neem_16
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 9
- 2
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- gold_drum_river_87
- weak
- in your head
- 14
- weak
- strong
- Kite.Frog.Lake24
- weak
- strong
- Leaf@Brick@Corn15
- weak
- BrickFernRiver26
- others can guess it
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 8
- 9
- Toast@Bell@Cloud62
- 2
- 4
- 2
- weak
- strong
- weak
- Nest#Lake#Cloud51
- 4
- FernLotusBrick78
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- Boat-Pond-Vine71
- rain!bell!lake!85
- wheel!nest!chai!50
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