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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust-21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Tiger26 (b) MangoWheelLamp46
- 4.🔐 Is “NeemShellCloud15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 6.🔐 “Letmein!Leaf27” 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
- 7.🔐 “Nisha@Cloud@34” 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.🔐 Is “wolfsandlampmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Drum_Boat68 (b) Meera2012
- 10.🔐 Is “lake#chai#pearl#75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolftoastlake63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainlamptiger82 (b) KiteLeafCorn48
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornleaflamp15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “lotusboathill46” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine#lamp#gold#40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Lotus26 (b) MangoBellPlum58
- 17.🔐 “Kite!Boat!2012” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_River_2017 (b) chai-leaf-kite-14
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 21.🔐 Is “welcome78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_Nest_Vine38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Qwerty.Sand10” 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
- 24.🔐 “wolfshellcloudtiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog#cloud#wolf#87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem-bell-ship-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Vine!Dust!2016” 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
- 28.🔐 “Saanvi_Cloud_47” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “Leaf!Neem!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “rainkitecloudtent” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “LotusWheelBrick34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “plumgoldcorn16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Cloud60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Neem_23” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud!plum!river!10 (b) Vihaan2016
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Moon70 (b) nest!river!frog!47
- 39.🔐 Is “rain!leaf!brick!65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “mangofernleaflake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
Answer key
- 3
- weak
- MangoWheelLamp46
- strong
- 12
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- weak
- Dust_Drum_Boat68
- strong
- 2
- KiteLeafCorn48
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- MangoBellPlum58
- has a name or year
- chai-leaf-kite-14
- others can guess it
- 3
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 2
- in your head
- 14
- weak
- shorter than 12
- cloud!plum!river!10
- nest!river!frog!47
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
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