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 “Neem@Moon@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Boat.31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainpondtigerbell (b) wheel-seed-moon-18
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Kite10 (b) BoatChaiNeem12
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelrainpond64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 7.🔐 “cloudwheelboatplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastLakeDrum59 (b) password20
- 9.🔐 Is “dust-gold-drum-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog_river_plum_55 (b) password77
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “moon_wheel_lake_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “LotusFrogPond50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Moon@Tiger58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.Moon.2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Kite#Cloud41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Rohan_Wolf_67” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-corn-tiger-78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Aarav2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Wolf_Mango62 (b) tentmangogoldneem
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 23.🔐 Is “Tara@Hill@73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “neemferngoldvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Lotus#2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Lotus#2010 (b) PondRiverTiger56
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Vine!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Aarav_Fern_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumNestRiver27 (b) Shell!Frog!2009
- 30.🔐 “Aarav-Cloud-51” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Letmein.Tiger30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Ship!Pearl!2018” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandlotusplumriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Tent_73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “ChaiMoonMango53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 38.🔐 “leafbrickcloud56” 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
- 39.🔐 “Neem-87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@64 (b) Boat-Pearl-Toast49
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- wheel-seed-moon-18
- BoatChaiNeem12
- 15
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ToastLakeDrum59
- strong
- frog_river_plum_55
- 18
- strong
- 4
- in your head
- 15
- 17
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- Pond_Wolf_Mango62
- 12
- risky
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- PondRiverTiger56
- 4
- weak
- DrumNestRiver27
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- 1
- 4
- strong
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- Boat-Pearl-Toast49
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