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.🔐 Is “CornLakePlum86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “toastsandkiteriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldLampBell38 (b) Diya2018
- 4.🔐 Is “DrumDustCorn65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn_lamp_tiger_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 8.🔐 “nestkiteplum88” 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
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 10.🔐 “Welcome!Lotus31” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “pondtentboat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “BrickFrogTiger33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Arjun.Lotus.89” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “LotusSandBoat15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Tent@Mango@Kite40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger.27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Pearl83 (b) MangoDustLotus35
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Wheel#Frog13 (b) Corn.29
- 20.🎂 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
- 21.🔐 “tigerwheelboat57” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Seed@Ship89 (b) Vine!29
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 24.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Tent37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Letmein@Corn57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔐 Is “drumlakelotuscloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Plum!Vine!2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 “toastneemdrumship” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2011 (b) ChaiLampGold38
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Dust44 (b) tiger.cloud.wheel.58
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Wolf53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Saanvi_Shell_56” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf!sand!pond!49 (b) admin34
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem_Pearl_Cloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “welcome72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Ananya_Vine_86” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!pearl!drum!22 (b) Brick_Neem_2017
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Toast#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Arjun@Mango@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- GoldLampBell38
- strong
- 3
- risky
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- has a common word
- 3
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 4
- MangoDustLotus35
- Corn#Wheel#Frog13
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Neem@Seed@Ship89
- in your head
- weak
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ChaiLampGold38
- tiger.cloud.wheel.58
- 14
- has a name or year
- wolf!sand!pond!49
- 3
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- corn!pearl!drum!22
- 15
- weak
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