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) KiteLotusBoat76 (b) Chai-Wolf-2014
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Wolf@Rain42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.Sand.Ship28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondlampcorn71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Kite-Rain18 (b) sandwolfmango45
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 8.🔐 “Arjun!Hill!89” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustBellCloud65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🗝️ 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Frog-Leaf-Nest40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestCloudShell40 (b) Ishaan2018
- 13.🔐 “Frog#Kite#2009” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Tiger-Boat19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestLotusHill53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf.river.plum.83 (b) admin82
- 18.🔐 Is “iloveyou76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “drumpondkite52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Pond@River42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “toast#cloud#kite#83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 “Leaf-Lamp-2010” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustchailake73 (b) ship.pond.tiger.27
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Boat28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou22 (b) dust#hill#vine#10
- 27.🔐 Is “Mango.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Lamp46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Sand#Kite10 (b) Mango@64
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamplotusseed87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “sandbrickship27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou14 (b) TentRiverDrum73
- 33.🔐 Is “toast#kite#pond#89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Diya@Sand@18” 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.🔐 Is “VineLampRain25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!tiger!chai!37 (b) Shell#Neem#2009
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 38.🔐 Is “Vihaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Kite_Lamp_2015” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “seedbrickpondsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- KiteLotusBoat76
- 12
- 17
- 4
- 2
- Pond-Kite-Rain18
- risky
- has a name or year
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- NestCloudShell40
- has a name or year
- 17
- 3
- 4
- wolf.river.plum.83
- weak
- weak
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- ship.pond.tiger.27
- 15
- 10
- dust#hill#vine#10
- weak
- 4
- Mango#Sand#Kite10
- 2
- 15
- TentRiverDrum73
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- gold!tiger!chai!37
- others can guess it
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
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