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 “password29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeCornNest62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “iloveyou53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “corn-fern-river-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Shell44 (b) Nest@Leaf@Frog14
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 9.🔐 Is “Rain_Neem_Corn82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 “Welcome#Gold33” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🗝️ 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
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 14.🔐 Is “Shell_18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelcornsandbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2011 (b) TentDrumNeem22
- 17.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatNestLeaf26 (b) Kite.29
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Lotus11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Neem!81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “river#drum#pearl#45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty@Shell10” 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
- 25.🔐 “Welcome@Shell64” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “pondwheellakepearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “ChaiBoatSeed11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Boat!Gold42 (b) Cloud-Fern-2018
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldsandtent49 (b) ToastPondNest70
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “toast-mango-river-24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Kite#76 (b) Wheel-Rain-Pearl52
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Drum@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Bell-Cloud-Rain87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Tiger#Dust#Frog74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Admin.Moon68” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Ananya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- 3
- weak
- strong
- 12
- Nest@Leaf@Frog14
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a common word
- 9
- in your head
- 3
- weak
- 1
- TentDrumNeem22
- weak
- BoatNestLeaf26
- 4
- 16
- 3
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- strong
- 8
- Sand!Boat!Gold42
- ToastPondNest70
- 20
- emojis
- 9
- Wheel-Rain-Pearl52
- 4
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
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