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.🔐 “Admin-Brick31” 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
- 2.🔐 “Seed!45” 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.🔐 “laketigercorn87” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Wheel36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-pond-cloud-74 (b) Admin_Cloud22
- 6.🗝️ 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
- 7.🔐 “Ananya.Vine.27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!52 (b) pearl.ship.moon.19
- 9.🔐 “Tent.58” 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
- 10.🔐 “cloudvinedustpearl” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “lakedustnestfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Qwerty#Seed16” 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
- 13.🔐 “Hill.Tiger.2013” 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
- 14.🔐 “Rain!Lotus!2010” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornLeafRiver48 (b) Rohan2015
- 16.🔐 “Password!Sand51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 18.🔐 Is “cloudmangoshiplotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “sandrainfernpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “RiverPondSand51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha!Rain!64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Drum77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl@Wheel@Tent62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “ship-sand-pearl-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Password_Rain12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_Tiger_44 (b) Brick-Lamp-Seed15
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumLotusShell57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Lamp#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Kite-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “neem-nest-lotus-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumlotuswolfpearl (b) dust-sand-chai-79
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumWolfShip33 (b) Aarav#Ship#58
- 33.🔐 “Aarav.Seed.14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Kite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Sand@Wolf@Gold13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Fern.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Shell33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 39.🔐 Is “wolf-fern-rain-53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
Answer key
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- leaf-pond-cloud-74
- in your head
- has a name or year
- pearl.ship.moon.19
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- CornLeafRiver48
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 4
- strong
- weak
- Brick-Lamp-Seed15
- 16
- 4
- 14
- strong
- dust-sand-chai-79
- DrumWolfShip33
- has a name or year
- 15
- strong
- 4
- 16
- emojis
- strong
- risky
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