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) Tent-50 (b) ShipGoldCloud58
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-29 (b) Drum-Dust-Pearl86
- 3.🔐 “cornvinemangoshell” 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
- 4.🔐 “dustfrogpearl35” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Pond@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 “Arjun.Frog.68” 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
- 8.🔐 “Rain.Lake.2010” 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
- 9.🔐 “Lamp#12” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill.84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Toast@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Vine!67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatPlumLotus41 (b) iloveyou87
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellLotusNeem20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Saanvi-Lake-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast#chai#wheel#85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Lake#2008 (b) vine-nest-tiger-48
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir!Moon!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondwolfcloudmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 24.🔐 “Pearl!Gold!2014” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.leaf.neem.29 (b) bricklotusplum23
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “sandbrickchaiwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Rohan.Moon.32” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “Bell!36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Pond@87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Arjun@Corn@61” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Frog15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “frogbellmango30” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Moon20 (b) lotus.chai.sand.70
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickPearlMoon47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafPearlPlum34 (b) Brick!Drum!2015
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Sand26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Qwerty_Frog56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- ShipGoldCloud58
- Drum-Dust-Pearl86
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 7
- 4
- weak
- BoatPlumLotus41
- 7
- emojis
- 3
- weak
- 3
- 9
- vine-nest-tiger-48
- 13
- 1
- 3
- has a name or year
- cloud.leaf.neem.29
- 17
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- in your head
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lotus.chai.sand.70
- 12
- 16
- LeafPearlPlum34
- 12
- has a common word
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