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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Cloud_86 (b) wheel_neem_seed_14
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotushilltoast76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipvineriverlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “password81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.nest.vine.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “pondwolfshipleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumSandCloud16 (b) Wolf.46
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-Wheel-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Lake42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn_River_Shell25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “brick_rain_toast_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein39 (b) ShipSeedWheel42
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Seed49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.wolf.tiger.19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Seed.68” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Cloud-2009 (b) Gold.Lotus.Wheel42
- 20.🗝️ 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemmangoshell68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 24.🔐 Is “bell#ship#tiger#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Cloud-35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Admin_Frog12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Diya-Rain-48” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin54 (b) pond-rain-mango-27
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Seed@2016 (b) Wheel.Lamp.Drum75
- 31.🔐 Is “Mango!Neem!Moon52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Letmein_Mango22” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “froghillmango62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Letmein!Lake88” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Hill@89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “PlumTentBrick67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dusttentcloud88 (b) nest!ship!shell!15
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Vine-Wolf73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@52 (b) tent-boat-corn-26
- 40.🔐 Is “chaikitewheel18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- wheel_neem_seed_14
- 2
- 1
- weak
- 18
- weak
- DrumSandCloud16
- 9
- others can guess it
- 16
- 4
- 3
- 18
- strong
- ShipSeedWheel42
- 4
- 19
- shorter than 12
- Gold.Lotus.Wheel42
- in your head
- 2
- 2
- 12
- strong
- weak
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- pond-rain-mango-27
- Wheel.Lamp.Drum75
- strong
- has a common word
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
- strong
- nest!ship!shell!15
- 16
- tent-boat-corn-26
- weak
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