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) Toast!Rain!Bell24 (b) dustmoonwolfrain
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 3.🔐 Is “rain_drum_lotus_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Iloveyou_Frog55” 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
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 6.🔐 Is “seedwheelleaflamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Lake-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RainLakePlum17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2011 (b) PearlGoldLamp24
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud@mango@plum@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Chai_41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Dust_2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) neem-river-dust-18
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumBoatCorn58 (b) Letmein_Hill37
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusBellTiger38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 17.🔐 “Password.Wheel42” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Seed!46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 20.🔐 Is “SeedMoonLake66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Pond27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2008 (b) Kite@Rain@Toast83
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond.Toast.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearldustmoonhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Nest37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.41 (b) GoldWheelTiger17
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerFernShell88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “GoldKiteLake81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “raintoastcloudhill” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “dust-neem-plum-57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Letmein!Seed69” 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
- 35.🔐 “Rain-31” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampMoonLeaf73 (b) shiplakebricktent
- 37.🔐 Is “river!lake!leaf!30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “frogpearlbell14” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “Lake#Lotus#Pond33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Chai.83” 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
Answer key
- Toast!Rain!Bell24
- 3
- strong
- has a common word
- risky
- weak
- 13
- 14
- PearlGoldLamp24
- 3
- 12
- 4
- neem-river-dust-18
- DrumBoatCorn58
- 3
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- 4
- 12
- strong
- 14
- Kite@Rain@Toast83
- 15
- 1
- 4
- in your head
- GoldWheelTiger17
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- 9
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- LampMoonLeaf73
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- shorter than 12
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