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.🎂 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin89 (b) VineRainMango45
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan#Lotus#42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Brick.Boat16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Bell-Frog42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 8.🔐 Is “password60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#Lotus#2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “LakeTentShip76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “Plum@88” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Neem.14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#83 (b) RiverTentNeem85
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “sandtoastdust19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Sand#31” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.80 (b) plum-seed-pearl-83
- 17.🔐 Is “brick@plum@ship@41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🗝️ 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Vine!Gold!Corn49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “bellshiptiger66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Wolf_Boat_2015” 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
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 23.🔐 Is “kitemangopearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “admin53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Nest60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Nest-75 (b) Mango@Wolf@Cloud58
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome28 (b) sand.ship.tent.39
- 28.🔐 “corndrumlakefern” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Pearl#79 (b) MangoTigerLamp49
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeplumlotuswolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Hill28 (b) LakePlumChai10
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Lotus-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornriverdustmango (b) Drum.Chai.Kite34
- 36.🔐 “corncloudtigerpearl” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlcloudfrog54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “tentfernshipmango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 39.🔐 “Vihaan@Plum@48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemtigerrainplum (b) LakeHillChai42
Answer key
- others can guess it
- VineRainMango45
- weak
- 2
- 4
- 16
- emojis
- weak
- 15
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 12
- RiverTentNeem85
- 15
- shorter than 12
- plum-seed-pearl-83
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- 15
- has a name or year
- risky
- weak
- 7
- 4
- Mango@Wolf@Cloud58
- sand.ship.tent.39
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoTigerLamp49
- 17
- 12
- 8
- LakePlumChai10
- 4
- Drum.Chai.Kite34
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- LakeHillChai42
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