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.🔐 “Admin#Mango87” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “qwerty41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine#Shell#Dust44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “pearl.brick.mango.41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.31 (b) nest!frog!tiger!14
- 6.🔐 “Arjun!Hill!12” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “qwerty38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Corn-Frog-Neem26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 10.🔐 “Letmein-Chai66” 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
- 11.🔐 “Neem_18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Fern_Lake10 (b) admin25
- 13.🔐 “Tiger!31” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitetigerleaflamp (b) LotusGoldKite60
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “neemrainbrick84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Wheel-Lamp-Rain46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatPearlLotus73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiDrumLotus70 (b) Mango_Tent_2008
- 20.🔐 “tentnesttigerdrum” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “HillSandBoat66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldfernmangoriver (b) Fern-Tent-Mango83
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilllotuspond66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “toast-drum-rain-71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!wheel!lake!15 (b) password69
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentleafplumwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.61 (b) Bell_Lamp_Seed13
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum#river#tent#33 (b) Letmein@Pond30
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Bell68 (b) TigerPearlKite43
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “hilldrumriverbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiSandNeem48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “corntenttigergold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernHillVine49 (b) Saanvi2013
- 40.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Corn@58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a common word
- weak
- 17
- strong
- nest!frog!tiger!14
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- Drum_Fern_Lake10
- shorter than 12
- 2
- LotusGoldKite60
- 15
- strong
- 16
- ChaiDrumLotus70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- others can guess it
- 4
- Fern-Tent-Mango83
- 2
- strong
- ship!wheel!lake!15
- 1
- Bell_Lamp_Seed13
- 12
- plum#river#tent#33
- TigerPearlKite43
- 17
- 3
- 9
- 3
- weak
- 9
- FernHillVine49
- weak
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