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 “Iloveyou!Lamp50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigercloudplumleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandtentcorn11 (b) Mango!Drum!Chai82
- 4.🔐 Is “cornleafchaineem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “corn_vine_sand_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Aarav.Gold.80” 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
- 7.🔐 “Arjun!Vine!59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 10.🔐 Is “sand_moon_wolf_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🗝️ 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickfernrain73 (b) sand@leaf@lake@85
- 14.🔐 Is “Neem!Cloud!Dust14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-tiger-neem-73 (b) Tiger-25
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Wheel-Dust77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#tent#neem#40 (b) Cloud-31
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 20.🔐 Is “Brick#Bell#Plum36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Toast-Vine32 (b) Iloveyou!Sand27
- 22.🔐 “Wheel!26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Lotus17 (b) Admin_Cloud41
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “chaiwheelplum34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Lake.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Moon.34” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2012 (b) lotus.pearl.corn.24
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “boatlakewheelleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigernestpearl53 (b) Rain#Dust#Fern22
- 32.🔐 “seedferncloudshell” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “cloudriverpearltiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastMoonCorn71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatmangomoonseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedFernWolf54 (b) qwerty56
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!Neem!2012 (b) ship_bell_shell_62
- 38.🔐 “bellkitepearl33” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@moon@neem@38 (b) wolfvinelotuscorn
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
Answer key
- weak
- 1
- Mango!Drum!Chai82
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 3
- 12
- strong
- in your head
- 2
- sand@leaf@lake@85
- strong
- pearl-tiger-neem-73
- 4
- gold#tent#neem#40
- emojis
- risky
- strong
- Rain-Toast-Vine32
- shorter than 12
- 4
- Kite#Sand#Lotus17
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- lotus.pearl.corn.24
- 17
- Rain#Dust#Fern22
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- 1
- SeedFernWolf54
- ship_bell_shell_62
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shell@moon@neem@38
- others can guess it
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