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 “Pond-Lotus-Boat53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!Moon!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Sand-Gold-Chai47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “River_Mango_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 9.🔐 Is “cloud-sand-ship-24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#rain#tiger#17 (b) Aarav2010
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornvinelotusmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Neem.River.2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Ananya_Boat_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Bell_2017 (b) Lamp@Pearl@River25
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “CornLampPearl53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaftentlaketoast (b) BellLotusCorn28
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Wheel@Lamp30 (b) lampchaisand22
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 19.🔐 Is “LampHillDust28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverwolfkiteship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Meera.Drum.47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “welcome19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Ship_Mango_Chai47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafLakeKite70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Saanvi2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Tent-Boat16 (b) admin85
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Wolf81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Shell_Vine_2008” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Pond43 (b) gold-seed-brick-64
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf!10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “nestbelllotusmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “MangoPondFrog48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Brick_Drum_2016” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Cloud@2010 (b) wheel!pearl!lamp!46
- 38.🔐 “goldcloudseeddrum” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@neem@leaf@57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “River#Shell#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- 4
- weak
- 2
- emojis
- strong
- lamp#rain#tiger#17
- 1
- weak
- weak
- Lamp@Pearl@River25
- 15
- BellLotusCorn28
- Neem@Wheel@Lamp30
- in your head
- strong
- 3
- 1
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 9
- 9
- 14
- weak
- Lamp-Tent-Boat16
- 14
- has a name or year
- gold-seed-brick-64
- 4
- 18
- strong
- has a name or year
- wheel!pearl!lamp!46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
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