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 “Qwerty#Tent39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “drumwheelneemrain” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Sand.Moon49 (b) iloveyou22
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “river.tiger.nest.33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 6.🔐 “Lamp_Mango_2014” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-dust-neem-53 (b) Iloveyou-Rain33
- 8.🔐 Is “Rohan#Seed#78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “password45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 11.🔐 Is “Admin.Mango76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedCornWolf20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river@ship@mango@51 (b) Tent-Mango-2013
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Shell@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Tent_43” 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
- 17.🔐 “Saanvi#Wheel#50” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “Tent#Hill#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Wolf#Hill#2015” 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
- 20.🗝️ 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Letmein.Rain24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Wheel#Ship#2011” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Neem#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “goldrainpearlhill” 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
- 25.🔐 “Qwerty#Brick27” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Tent_Cloud76 (b) welcome23
- 27.🔐 Is “nest_fern_kite_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “shell_mango_plum_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “plumrainpondwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Fern17 (b) river_drum_plum_12
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumLakeWolf71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password79 (b) Nest@Kite@Shell74
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusDrumChai47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Tara_Frog_14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Neem.Bell63 (b) Vihaan2011
- 37.🔐 Is “Wolf-Corn-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedkitetentplum (b) WolfRainShell48
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Wheel80 (b) RainTentShell24
- 40.🔐 Is “Seed@47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- River.Sand.Moon49
- 19
- risky
- has a name or year
- vine-dust-neem-53
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- weak
- 3
- river@ship@mango@51
- 4
- 15
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- in your head
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- Shell_Tent_Cloud76
- strong
- strong
- 16
- 8
- river_drum_plum_12
- 3
- Nest@Kite@Shell74
- 15
- has a name or year
- Pearl.Neem.Bell63
- weak
- WolfRainShell48
- RainTentShell24
- weak
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