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.🔐 “Ishaan.Lamp.41” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.kite.nest.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “River@51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “shellhillkiterain” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudlamppondhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Ship.Wheel.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 11.🔐 Is “Aarav2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Kite-Fern84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandshellseedvine (b) Seed_Chai_Neem18
- 15.🔐 “Mango-Wolf-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Shell!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Chai.67” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain!bell!neem!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “dustneemlakefrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Toast-Brick-2013” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Vihaan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.Pearl.Mango15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Frog.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Kite.Cloud23 (b) Fern_38
- 29.🔐 “Neem@30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 “neemtigermango17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 31.🔐 Is “lamp!tent!neem!83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “BoatMoonGold67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “moontentlampsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheellotusgoldboat (b) seed!lake!drum!21
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome58 (b) tiger-moon-nest-80
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.Mango.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Gold_Mango_2015” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Lamp-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- others can guess it
- risky
- 17
- has a name or year
- in your head
- weak
- 4
- emojis
- Seed_Chai_Neem18
- has a name or year
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 10
- 3
- 16
- has a name or year
- weak
- 18
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 3
- Shell.Kite.Cloud23
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- weak
- seed!lake!drum!21
- tiger-moon-nest-80
- 3
- 7
- 15
- has a name or year
- 15
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