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) Plum!84 (b) Leaf_Sand_Lotus52
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonNestToast38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedshellsand76 (b) CornVineLotus14
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Pond.27 (b) FernFrogVine28
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Moon.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Sand#Rain76 (b) Iloveyou-Rain19
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “River#Brick#Rain55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Password.Lake25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Leaf-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “nesthillbricksand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “ToastDustLake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn-rain-toast-39 (b) kitecloudchaileaf
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corndrummoonwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Leaf48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent.neem.moon.65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2018 (b) Hill_Sand_Shell64
- 17.🔐 Is “ShellFernToast29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-river-wolf-58 (b) admin17
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “drum#hill#lotus#54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Plum_36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillMoonLotus87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Hill@Bell@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password49 (b) Wheel_River_Leaf10
- 25.🔐 “boatwheeldrumneem” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp#neem#fern#58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan.Kite.49 (b) Dust.Corn.Nest19
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2009 (b) NestPlumBell26
- 29.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pearl-Lamp39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoHillRiver88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “shipdrumboat25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Frog!Hill!Rain30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Ishaan@Lake@23” 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
- 34.🔐 “brickdustriver76” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-neem-sand-70 (b) brickrainpond29
- 36.🔐 “boattoastlake42” 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
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 38.🔐 “Bell#Frog#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 “brickmangowolfcloud” 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
- 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
Answer key
- Leaf_Sand_Lotus52
- 15
- CornVineLotus14
- FernFrogVine28
- 4
- Vine#Sand#Rain76
- 18
- weak
- 4
- 17
- strong
- corn-rain-toast-39
- 1
- weak
- 3
- Hill_Sand_Shell64
- strong
- rain-river-wolf-58
- 4
- strong
- 12
- 3
- weak
- Wheel_River_Leaf10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- Dust.Corn.Nest19
- NestPlumBell26
- strong
- 16
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- river-neem-sand-70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
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