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.🔐 Is “Gold@Pearl@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Hill!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Neem23 (b) tent_hill_bell_18
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemwheelvine37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Lotus.53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_wolf_drum_76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 10.🔐 Is “Seed@Wolf@Leaf13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonmangowolf81 (b) leaf#lamp#toast#86
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerLotusBrick59 (b) Ship@Wolf@2018
- 13.🔐 “cloudvinelotusmoon” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@frog@mango@17 (b) Drum_88
- 15.🔐 Is “KiteFrogLamp78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “shellchaimangolotus” 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
- 17.🔐 “nesttigermoon47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Rain.43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Password-Plum67” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell#tiger#rain#26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “mango.pearl.shell.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “BellPondCloud15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Password.Boat17” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond-tiger-boat-17 (b) wolfleafdrumcorn
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_River28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Seed@Chai@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast_bell_plum_86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “brick_toast_cloud_45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “cloud!bell!plum!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Ananya_Toast_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Sand33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Tent@2009 (b) Lamp.Vine.Neem13
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-tent-plum-15 (b) Iloveyou!Dust58
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river#lake#cloud#74 (b) Pond!46
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2018 (b) CornSandMango50
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Hill16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- weak
- risky
- 4
- tent_hill_bell_18
- 2
- weak
- in your head
- 3
- emojis
- strong
- leaf#lamp#toast#86
- TigerLotusBrick59
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pearl@frog@mango@17
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 4
- 7
- has a common word
- 3
- strong
- 15
- has a common word
- pond-tiger-boat-17
- 15
- weak
- 3
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 2
- Lamp.Vine.Neem13
- brick-tent-plum-15
- river#lake#cloud#74
- CornSandMango50
- 3
- weak
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