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 “Boat_Tiger_Lamp77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “chaitoastsand46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lakechaipearl84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell-River-Corn86 (b) Vihaan@Bell@74
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Lotus-2015 (b) Chai-Mango-Seed25
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.frog.plum.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shiptoastmoonnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Wheel47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 12.🔐 Is “Wolf#Brick#Tent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 “Saanvi.Corn.67” 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
- 15.🔐 “Corn-Dust-2015” 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
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelleafdustpearl (b) tiger#chai#mango#72
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “chaishellbrickriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Qwerty@Rain51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 “Wheel!Shell!2015” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Vine80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!34 (b) rain#mango#leaf#65
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Lamp_Mango23 (b) Shell-20
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoToastCloud44 (b) Kite_Chai_2012
- 27.🔐 Is “pearl!ship!neem!31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “TentNeemCorn84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Tara2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineDustRain47 (b) cornleafmoon20
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Neem-Bell39 (b) lakeseedleafkite
- 32.🔐 “Ishaan-Brick-49” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “admin78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river@lamp@corn@37 (b) Aarav.Pond.81
- 35.🔐 “tentwheelcornplum” 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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 37.🔐 Is “Tent-Pond-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Iloveyou-Leaf27” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “LampBoatNest18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerboatshipgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- 15
- Bell-River-Corn86
- Chai-Mango-Seed25
- 18
- others can guess it
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- tiger#chai#mango#72
- 19
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- rain#mango#leaf#65
- Hill_Lamp_Mango23
- 8
- MangoToastCloud44
- strong
- strong
- weak
- VineDustRain47
- Seed-Neem-Bell39
- has a name or year
- 7
- river@lamp@corn@37
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- weak
- has a common word
- 14
- 1
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