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.🔐 “dustmangokite14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 “Neem-74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 3.🔐 “Wheel_Seed_2013” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Tiger#Chai#Moon82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumNestLeaf21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 7.🔐 “moontigerleaffrog” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Cloud#Mango69 (b) Aarav2010
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Lake#46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “River_Seed_Cloud80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Neem35 (b) PearlRainPond79
- 13.🔐 “Brick.Lamp.2012” 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
- 14.🔐 “Admin.Frog60” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-plum-toast-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusShellFern57 (b) Moon_Leaf_2010
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “DustPondShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Mango-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “leaf_mango_lake_60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Cloud!18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Welcome#Gold36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “iloveyou22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Ship!Vine!River52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Bell42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Vihaan@River@35” 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
- 28.🔐 “Ishaan-Moon-77” 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
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 30.🔐 Is “Kite#Rain#Lotus70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “wolfmangogolddust” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-River-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Drum@Kite@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Tiger32 (b) brick@rain@boat@16
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest@moon@cloud@16 (b) mangodrumboatnest
- 37.🔐 Is “Ishaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Drum-Nest12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Admin#Kite33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “iloveyou23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- 14
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Shell#Cloud#Mango69
- 13
- strong
- emojis
- PearlRainPond79
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 19
- LotusShellFern57
- 3
- 9
- strong
- 13
- strong
- 4
- weak
- weak
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 4
- weak
- brick@rain@boat@16
- nest@moon@cloud@16
- weak
- 16
- weak
- weak
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