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.🔐 “Hill#22” 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
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Wolf@Lotus41 (b) brickwolfmoonship
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustKiteTent54 (b) Kabir-Rain-16
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Seed17 (b) shell#lamp#leaf#11
- 9.🔐 “Welcome@Fern72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Drum11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldLakeNest67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “qwerty78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Kite!Chai73 (b) Aarav_Drum_78
- 15.🔐 Is “bricksanddustpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “hilllampfrog50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 18.🔐 Is “Plum.Lotus.2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “toast-river-vine-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-Brick-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelkitebrick72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Moon_Vine_2010” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou68 (b) kite.hill.wolf.10
- 24.🔐 Is “rainlotusfrog51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@seed@frog@38 (b) Aarav2011
- 26.🔐 Is “CloudPearlBrick77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Gold38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Toast.Ship.Shell58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Tiger11 (b) Drum@River@Vine17
- 30.🔐 Is “LakeGoldCorn49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Seed.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Toast!23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “brick@drum@seed@51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_Dust_Moon33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “lotus-tiger-plum-11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Password#Toast75” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “CornTigerRiver76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogBrickPearl82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 3
- Ship@Wolf@Lotus41
- risky
- DustKiteTent54
- 3
- in your head
- shell#lamp#leaf#11
- has a common word
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 3
- Wolf!Kite!Chai73
- weak
- 14
- others can guess it
- weak
- 19
- 15
- 16
- has a name or year
- kite.hill.wolf.10
- weak
- cloud@seed@frog@38
- strong
- 12
- strong
- Drum@River@Vine17
- strong
- 13
- 13
- strong
- 7
- 12
- 16
- strong
- has a common word
- 16
- 3
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