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) Ishaan!Corn!80 (b) leaf-shell-hill-45
- 2.🔐 Is “password76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudcornbrickdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Brick@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “River.68” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatriverpearlfern (b) Moon.Nest.Neem67
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#56 (b) Bell#Dust#Brick85
- 9.🔐 Is “Aarav@Dust@87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelLeafToast51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand#ship#tiger#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Moon_Neem_2016” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Cloud_Pearl52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “hill!pearl!river!24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “seed.lake.boat.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “pondnestcorndrum” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav#Lamp#33 (b) Ship.Wolf.Lake75
- 18.🔐 Is “PondSeedMoon89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerToastKite17 (b) hilltentfern81
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “brickmoonsandkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Ship-Shell-2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Diya2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “ship#chai#kite#63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake!vine!tiger!69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivercloudvine63 (b) ship#plum#hill#74
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Corn_Hill11 (b) Saanvi!Sand!70
- 30.🔐 Is “Bell-Tent-2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “raincloudmangomoon” 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
- 32.🔐 “Ananya-Tiger-35” 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 “Arjun.Pond.18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “plum_vine_drum_38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Fern.Hill11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Admin#Seed38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Bell-Toast28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango-river-tent-17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- leaf-shell-hill-45
- weak
- others can guess it
- 1
- 15
- shorter than 12
- Moon.Nest.Neem67
- Bell#Dust#Brick85
- weak
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- 18
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Ship.Wolf.Lake75
- strong
- TigerToastKite17
- 17
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 3
- emojis
- 2
- ship#plum#hill#74
- risky
- Lotus_Corn_Hill11
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- weak
- 10
- strong
- in your head
- 4
- has a common word
- 4
- 3
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