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) GoldLampLotus88 (b) drumriverhillbrick
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf@toast@hill@20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Ship12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “lotussandpearlcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Corn_Tiger_Nest50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “shiphilldust61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “boatpondship79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Toast#Nest16 (b) iloveyou38
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine.sand.ship.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “tentsandhillrain” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentCloudNeem68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Kabir.Lamp.67” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus-river-leaf-24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “river_wheel_pond_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineTentFern39 (b) boatfrogriver49
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Cloud-Frog56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@71 (b) Tiger.Frog.Nest22
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Frog-2012 (b) ToastMangoBell63
- 22.🔐 “leafshellhill53” 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
- 23.🔐 “Ship@Toast@2012” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinemangoplum25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Fern#29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Boat-Pond-2010” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillTigerPlum36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldPondRiver11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandFernLotus76 (b) Leaf.Lotus.2018
- 30.🔐 Is “drum-nest-neem-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Iloveyou#Cloud53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Wolf.33 (b) Tent!Bell!Rain34
- 35.🔐 “Iloveyou@Drum55” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferntentmoonhill (b) rain.frog.toast.31
- 37.🔐 Is “Vine!Wheel!Pearl57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi@Frog@14 (b) LampFrogBrick25
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 40.🔐 “pearltoasttiger57” 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
Answer key
- GoldLampLotus88
- 3
- 12
- weak
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 8
- Fern#Toast#Nest16
- risky
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- has a name or year
- 19
- 19
- VineTentFern39
- emojis
- 4
- Tiger.Frog.Nest22
- ToastMangoBell63
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 2
- 13
- has a name or year
- 3
- 15
- SandFernLotus76
- strong
- has a common word
- 10
- in your head
- Tent!Bell!Rain34
- has a common word
- rain.frog.toast.31
- strong
- LampFrogBrick25
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
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