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 “Letmein@Pond11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Pearl-Cloud-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein36 (b) Wolf.Seed.Sand18
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Gold@Brick@Lotus77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteLeafWolf56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlLampRiver89 (b) drumrainnestwolf
- 13.🔐 Is “PearlRiverCorn49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Lotus69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “drumwheelmoon20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Seed55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Lamp.Cloud.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 20.🔐 “Hill.Vine.2010” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Ananya_Mango_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Pearl_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Nest@Bell@2017” 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.🔐 “Meera!Chai!66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_drum_lotus_26 (b) tigersandtentfrog
- 27.🔐 “Tent-70” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlTigerKite40 (b) welcome86
- 29.🔐 “Admin!Lake57” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinetoastseeddrum (b) Hill-Chai-Lotus74
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusplumfern82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Vine-84” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) fern@neem@moon@10
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “vinepondlotusbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 36.🔐 Is “leafvinebrick60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “pondlampsandtiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Hill@40 (b) gold.neem.rain.60
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Gold@24 (b) SeedTigerBrick35
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoriverwheel36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 9
- emojis
- Wolf.Seed.Sand18
- 2
- strong
- in your head
- 12
- 14
- PearlLampRiver89
- strong
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 4
- weak
- risky
- has a name or year
- 9
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- chai_drum_lotus_26
- shorter than 12
- PearlTigerKite40
- has a common word
- Hill-Chai-Lotus74
- 15
- shorter than 12
- fern@neem@moon@10
- 18
- others can guess it
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- gold.neem.rain.60
- SeedTigerBrick35
- 17
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