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) Lotus@Lamp@Moon59 (b) Tara2013
- 2.🔐 “Pond_26” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Cloud#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 7.🔐 Is “Dust#12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiTentWheel61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat.chai.ship.83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Sand-2015 (b) Drum.Toast.Ship77
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainshiptent73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Frog-Gold88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Lamp@Cloud62 (b) Diya!Gold!21
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerdusthill88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Ship#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!cloud!ship!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “seed_wheel_plum_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Ananya_Rain_11” 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
- 20.🔐 “Aarav@Rain@25” 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
- 21.🔐 “Iloveyou-Lake72” 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
- 22.🔐 “neemplumlampleaf” 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
- 23.🔐 “Cloud-Rain-2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Corn@Hill50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Rain@46 (b) Dust@Lotus@Drum57
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Sand.Pond.2011” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “neemsandtent83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondrummangoplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 31.🔐 Is “Corn-Pearl-Vine12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemlakegold80 (b) DustWolfGold44
- 33.🔐 Is “Boat#Shell#2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Brick-29 (b) neem!rain!cloud!67
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Dust76 (b) Bell_Plum_Kite61
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Bell27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill!pearl!vine!53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “DustMangoBrick33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 40.🔐 Is “brickcloudseed33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- Lotus@Lamp@Moon59
- shorter than 12
- 10
- weak
- in your head
- 12
- weak
- 3
- 3
- Drum.Toast.Ship77
- risky
- 2
- 4
- Bell@Lamp@Cloud62
- 15
- 14
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- Dust@Lotus@Drum57
- 7
- has a name or year
- weak
- 1
- emojis
- strong
- DustWolfGold44
- weak
- neem!rain!cloud!67
- Bell_Plum_Kite61
- 15
- 3
- 16
- 3
- weak
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