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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 2.🔐 “Diya_Kite_31” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuslampmoonvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 Is “Wheel_Hill_Cloud18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf_vine_rain_82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Sand.Nest70 (b) Sand@Cloud@2009
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogshiplotus33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@lake@bell@84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “vinechailampcloud” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Tent@11 (b) Brick-Wolf-Tent64
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2014 (b) NeemShellRiver17
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Rain!Lamp30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 16.🔐 “Welcome@Kite15” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Boat@Wolf@2008” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumboatship63 (b) Cloud#Tent#Fern15
- 20.🔐 Is “Seed.Tent.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “frogdustchaikite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Brick_48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “River@Hill@Vine75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Pond60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Frog#Wheel62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “LeafTigerDrum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou77 (b) tiger-leaf-lamp-50
- 29.🔐 Is “Diya#Kite#52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “rain#river#kite#36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Lamp-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_River_Drum52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “leaf!nest!pond!86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 35.🔐 Is “Lotus_Tiger_Drum51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “TigerWolfNeem10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheeltigershipchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Rain#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “hill@rain@frog@65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “Toast_Kite_2008” 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
Answer key
- risky
- has a name or year
- 17
- 12
- strong
- 17
- Lotus.Sand.Nest70
- 2
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Brick-Wolf-Tent64
- 3
- NeemShellRiver17
- 4
- in your head
- has a common word
- 8
- has a name or year
- Cloud#Tent#Fern15
- weak
- 16
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 4
- strong
- tiger-leaf-lamp-50
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- strong
- 1
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
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