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.🔐 “Mango-34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 2.🔐 “Welcome-Leaf61” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@10 (b) seed.vine.lamp.21
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel@chai@cloud@61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 6.🔐 “Plum@Sand@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Kite.Fern80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Lamp@Frog64 (b) lakekiteship88
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 10.🔐 Is “boatfernbricktoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Lamp-Corn88 (b) dustbellpearl24
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome50 (b) Frog!Plum!Dust28
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Plum-Cloud56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteSandChai49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.rain.lake.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pondseedtiger39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein13 (b) moon.gold.corn.17
- 20.🔐 Is “Moon-Seed-Leaf10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Bell#Corn#2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 22.🔐 Is “Boat-Bell-Plum49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Chai28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Plum-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast#86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Frog.Tiger.Pond50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearldrumkitemoon (b) VineLotusMoon47
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-toast-wolf-11 (b) Rohan_Toast_82
- 30.🔐 “Nest@Boat@2017” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipChaiBell17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “sandtigerlotus66” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondtoastshellpearl (b) Toast!Brick!Seed66
- 34.🔐 Is “Sand@Pearl@Hill25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverLeafNeem53 (b) goldtigershipmoon
- 36.🔐 “Qwerty#Nest67” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@22 (b) Toast@Rain@Cloud64
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Tent#67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- seed.vine.lamp.21
- 19
- in your head
- has a name or year
- 4
- River@Lamp@Frog64
- others can guess it
- weak
- Tent-Lamp-Corn88
- Frog!Plum!Dust28
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 3
- 12
- moon.gold.corn.17
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- 9
- weak
- 8
- strong
- VineLotusMoon47
- dust-toast-wolf-11
- has a name or year
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Toast!Brick!Seed66
- strong
- RiverLeafNeem53
- has a common word
- weak
- Toast@Rain@Cloud64
- 3
- 4
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