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.🎂 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
- 2.🔐 “Diya_Hill_52” 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
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellBrickShell63 (b) Mango#25
- 5.🔐 Is “mango#corn#moon#14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-lamp-wolf-12 (b) qwerty41
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond!ship!cloud!62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellChaiPlum43 (b) Vihaan2008
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Wolf@73” 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
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 13.🔐 “vinelakeneem41” 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
- 14.🔐 “moonseednest59” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentbrickbellleaf (b) SandHillPond79
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Frog.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “leaflakekite44” 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
- 18.🔐 “wheelbellcloudriver” 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
- 19.🔐 “wolfcornkiteseed” 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
- 20.🔐 “froglamprivercloud” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Corn#River#Pearl73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Lotus@2018 (b) DrumShellFern53
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Toast.Lamp26 (b) Mango.73
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “boatriverseed38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “cloudbellship67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Pond!70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlotusneempond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-Neem-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Rain-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pondrainriver27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Password.Wheel52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Is “wolftoasttent23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@Frog@Vine47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Wheel10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.lotus.tent.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “admin72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellWheelSand47 (b) Leaf_Gold_2009
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “pearltenthillcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Neem61 (b) Moon-Dust-Hill75
Answer key
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- risky
- BellBrickShell63
- strong
- river-lamp-wolf-12
- 3
- ShellChaiPlum43
- 3
- 9
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SandHillPond79
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- DrumShellFern53
- Sand.Toast.Lamp26
- 12
- 15
- weak
- 13
- 17
- 14
- 4
- 15
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- 16
- 3
- 7
- BellWheelSand47
- 17
- Moon-Dust-Hill75
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