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.🔐 “Wheel#44” 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
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 4.🔐 Is “Vine#Tiger#Plum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 “Tiger@15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 6.🔐 Is “Meera_Moon_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Pond_47 (b) MoonPondMango72
- 8.🔐 Is “moon_kite_lotus_18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Leaf-82 (b) Boat!Sand!Drum87
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelotusneemtoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud!vine!frog!50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Gold_Tent_2008” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Rain.16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivershellwheel54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Ship34 (b) leaf!pearl!corn!12
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoseedlotusrain (b) MangoFrogWolf39
- 20.🔐 “Boat@Hill@2009” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “cloudpondship67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeShipShell69 (b) Rain-30
- 24.🔐 Is “Drum-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_Lamp_Chai35 (b) Saanvi@Ship@87
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun@Rain@57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Gold!Hill!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Brick!Vine53 (b) hillleafseedcorn
- 29.🔐 Is “Moon.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “shell!toast!drum!25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “tigerpondlamp55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “pearltigercloudneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “LotusRainTiger17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMoonGold15 (b) Rain@Lotus@2008
- 35.🔐 Is “Toast-Corn-Bell88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Chai.2008 (b) Tiger.Boat.Drum16
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password26 (b) seed.bell.chai.39
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_Kite_2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Password!Frog47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- emojis
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- MoonPondMango72
- strong
- Boat!Sand!Drum87
- 12
- 1
- 9
- 18
- has a name or year
- 14
- 2
- in your head
- leaf!pearl!corn!12
- MangoFrogWolf39
- has a name or year
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LakeShipShell69
- weak
- Cloud_Lamp_Chai35
- 4
- weak
- Hill!Brick!Vine53
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 19
- strong
- FrogMoonGold15
- strong
- Tiger.Boat.Drum16
- seed.bell.chai.39
- 3
- 14
- weak
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