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) Lake.Hill.Tiger34 (b) Iloveyou#Kite40
- 2.🔐 “rainlakefernpond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2018 (b) neem.boat.leaf.73
- 4.🔐 Is “PondNeemWheel23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Tiger_Nest_Toast43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustLampHill18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🗝️ 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2014 (b) Nest.Kite.River15
- 9.🔐 Is “Chai-Boat-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 11.🔐 “Gold-Neem-2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Wolf-13 (b) moon.shell.lotus.73
- 13.🔐 Is “SandWheelShip29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Dust#Corn25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “pond-moon-lamp-89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “leafwheelraindrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya.Gold.26 (b) Vine.Frog.Pearl69
- 19.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 22.🔐 “wolfpondmoon68” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Chai#Neem#Kite62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafTigerSand67 (b) lamplakeneemfrog
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick#tiger#hill#58 (b) Corn#Fern#2012
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) laketentneemvine (b) MoonRainTent12
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dust!frog!rain!39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 30.🔐 “Aarav-Drum-17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 31.🔐 Is “FrogSeedPlum47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “goldbellcorn16” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafCornPearl36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “dusthillwheelwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Wolf.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogsandmango11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Arjun2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Dust#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerhillplumlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafPlumWheel17 (b) Meera2013
Answer key
- Lake.Hill.Tiger34
- fewer than 3 kinds
- neem.boat.leaf.73
- strong
- strong
- 3
- in your head
- Nest.Kite.River15
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- moon.shell.lotus.73
- strong
- 16
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- Vine.Frog.Pearl69
- weak
- 7
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 12
- LeafTigerSand67
- brick#tiger#hill#58
- MoonRainTent12
- 17
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 2
- weak
- 4
- 18
- LeafPlumWheel17
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