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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Lake!Fern72 (b) Ananya.Lotus.69
- 2.🔐 Is “lotussandmango24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Boat74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Fern.Chai.Frog89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “bellpearlchaitoast” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivertoastmoon12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 8.🔐 “Bell#28” 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
- 9.🔐 “Arjun.Cloud.24” 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
- 10.🔐 “mangoleaftigerfern” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Pearl@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “nestcornleafcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-fern-cloud-26 (b) Diya!Brick!50
- 14.🔐 “Qwerty.Plum89” 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
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Boat_Sand59 (b) Meera2008
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#Shell#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Nisha2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “lotus-tiger-lake-21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 “tigerrainmoontent” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineDustNeem56 (b) Iloveyou#Tiger32
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Pond.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “frog!tiger!brick!54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-81 (b) Seed#Pond#Fern33
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Lamp41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 30.🔐 “Hill!20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “goldmangotent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Arjun2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Meera.Leaf.62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Wheel@Vine@Pond16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Corn#Vine#2018” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickseedriver16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Nest.Moon50 (b) shelldusttent64
Answer key
- Ship!Lake!Fern72
- weak
- 4
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lamp-fern-cloud-26
- has a common word
- 12
- Kite_Boat_Sand59
- 15
- 3
- weak
- 10
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- VineDustNeem56
- 4
- strong
- Seed#Pond#Fern33
- 13
- in your head
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 7
- weak
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 2
- Pond.Nest.Moon50
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