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) PlumToastRain15 (b) Gold.Wheel.2012
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusShellWheel86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 4.🔐 Is “Cloud.Lotus.Dust36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!lake!gold!29 (b) riverrainbellmango
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Brick-2018 (b) Lotus-Pond-Corn15
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust@rain@leaf@83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “goldneemkite49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “leafcornfern45” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Ship#2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Wolf-Mango24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandHillCorn46 (b) River@Lotus@2014
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon_hill_drum_44 (b) Moon-27
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeToastBrick40 (b) Hill.31
- 16.🔐 Is “frogneemdustriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp!Toast!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Cloud_River_2016” 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
- 19.🔐 “sandneemlamp45” 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
- 20.🔐 “drumdustboat22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Is “Lamp@Lake@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp#Drum#Bell21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2013 (b) WolfFernNest42
- 25.🔐 Is “Cloud!Ship!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Toast62 (b) Wheel-Pearl-Plum10
- 27.🔐 Is “Cloud.Neem.Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@drum@chai@44 (b) tenttoastchai41
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password25 (b) Cloud.Mango.Moon64
- 30.🔐 Is “WheelLampChai73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Pond@Vine@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 “Mango!Leaf!2013” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellFrogCorn35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Plum@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “sandwheelmangohill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔐 Is “shell_river_dust_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.hill.lotus.65 (b) Iloveyou#Wolf16
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 40.🔐 Is “Neem-Toast-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- PlumToastRain15
- 17
- in your head
- strong
- lamp!lake!gold!29
- Lotus-Pond-Corn15
- 3
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 17
- 8
- SandHillCorn46
- moon_hill_drum_44
- LakeToastBrick40
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 8
- 16
- WolfFernNest42
- weak
- Wheel-Pearl-Plum10
- strong
- moon@drum@chai@44
- Cloud.Mango.Moon64
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 15
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 12
- drum.hill.lotus.65
- risky
- weak
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