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 “Mango_Sand_Pond76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “pondlotusseedmoon” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@Lamp@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Dust!75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 6.🔐 Is “Brick#Tiger#Cloud89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlrainriverplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Iloveyou#Neem19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Pearl@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Fern_86” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Brick.47 (b) Mango-Rain-Brick19
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Kite16 (b) NeemSeedLake77
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondDrumFrog35 (b) Tiger#53
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine.Cloud.Toast67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumVineNeem85 (b) lotuswheelwolfcorn
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Vine-Brick22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “seedvinerainfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Leaf_Drum65 (b) fernfrograinnest
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Boat29 (b) Wolf_Wheel_Nest32
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Toast_Lake88 (b) Qwerty#Chai75
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Kite72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 26.🔐 “Frog!Toast!2015” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “password87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Wolf27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Diya_Rain_26” 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
- 30.🔐 “Tara!Corn!87” 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
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 32.🔐 Is “password72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Boat-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Brick-Lotus29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “cloudwheelgold21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Meera!Wolf!22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 38.🔐 Is “admin73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “rainleafdrumgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Letmein.Bell69” 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
Answer key
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- risky
- strong
- 1
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Mango-Rain-Brick19
- NeemSeedLake77
- PondDrumFrog35
- 18
- PlumVineNeem85
- 8
- 3
- 4
- 16
- Toast_Leaf_Drum65
- Wolf_Wheel_Nest32
- Bell_Toast_Lake88
- 14
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- weak
- 4
- emojis
- 18
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
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