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.🔐 “Saanvi.Lamp.34” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “PlumBrickTiger58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastSandRain13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Sand#73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 6.🔐 “pondpearlwheelwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Wheel.Corn42 (b) dustcornrainmango
- 8.🔐 Is “Seed-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearllampvine12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumKiteBrick23 (b) Toast@15
- 12.🔐 Is “River!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “RiverBrickWheel12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Neem#Cloud14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Kite-Lamp-Chai70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerVineToast55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Mango#2014 (b) Vine!Wolf!Plum24
- 18.🔐 “Vihaan@Cloud@86” 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
- 19.🗝️ 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlDustShell57 (b) Frog#Rain#2011
- 21.🔐 Is “toast@brick@dust@36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “rainseeddrumboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Plum#Leaf#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipSeedLotus23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!32 (b) wheel!shell!brick!63
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest_Leaf_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Ishaan-Corn-83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellKiteCloud19 (b) cornfrogbrick60
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Arjun#Corn#11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainfernchai32 (b) Pond.Leaf.Ship11
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun.Seed.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Tent.64 (b) Moon-Tent-Wolf71
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell.lotus.hill.43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Ship_Mango_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “lamp-frog-kite-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a name or year
- strong
- 15
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Hill.Wheel.Corn42
- weak
- 2
- 3
- DrumKiteBrick23
- weak
- strong
- 4
- strong
- 16
- Vine!Wolf!Plum24
- has a name or year
- in your head
- PearlDustShell57
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 15
- others can guess it
- wheel!shell!brick!63
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- BellKiteCloud19
- 4
- weak
- 12
- Pond.Leaf.Ship11
- 13
- Moon-Tent-Wolf71
- 7
- 3
- weak
- strong
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