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 “lakegoldpond78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 3.🔐 Is “NeemShipPond13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Ananya.Lake.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Password#Rain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Frog!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Toast.66” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampMoonTent36 (b) goldcloudrainmoon
- 9.🔐 “Pond@Lake@2012” 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
- 10.🔐 “Fern#Seed#2014” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Dust.2015 (b) RiverHillKite77
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastShellRain22 (b) Admin_River28
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_11 (b) TigerLotusWheel74
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Chai48 (b) hill-plum-frog-53
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Kite_Ship85 (b) lakepearlferntent
- 17.🔐 “Meera.Leaf.70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Pearl_45 (b) plum.shell.seed.78
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Hill#20” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Boat#Cloud20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “NestBoatLamp81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Vine-Boat88 (b) Nest#55
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudmoonmango83 (b) RainVineFern67
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Toast@2008 (b) River!Bell!Moon39
- 26.🔐 “Admin@Cloud61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Cloud37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “ferntigerkitemoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Ship.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Cloud!76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonRainNest28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent_wheel_shell_89 (b) welcome62
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!71 (b) Plum-Fern-Hill89
- 36.🔐 “Ship#57” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Sand-Mango79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “lotusrainseed14” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!frog!lake!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Gold-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 3
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 15
- shorter than 12
- LampMoonTent36
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- RiverHillKite77
- ToastShellRain22
- others can guess it
- TigerLotusWheel74
- hill-plum-frog-53
- Frog_Kite_Ship85
- has a name or year
- plum.shell.seed.78
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- Lake-Vine-Boat88
- RainVineFern67
- River!Bell!Moon39
- has a common word
- in your head
- 4
- 17
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 3
- tent_wheel_shell_89
- Plum-Fern-Hill89
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
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