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 “fern#bell#leaf#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango#neem#rain#81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “toastpearlplum48” 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
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast!moon!plum!62 (b) cornwheelshell84
- 6.🔐 “Brick#50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Brick_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) NeemLakeFrog24
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoShipTiger82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Tiger.Bell74 (b) Pearl!88
- 11.🔐 “Tara-Cloud-66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “River!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger!frog!seed!68 (b) Frog#69
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 17.🔐 Is “mangogoldseedleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “Password#Wolf41” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Sand!Lake!Tiger16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) ToastPondFrog11
- 21.🔐 Is “Saanvi2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “rainlotusneem55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “plumgoldmoonlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “plumtoastriver56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “TentBellBrick56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “lampneemgoldtoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-89 (b) wolf!toast!drum!49
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “password41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampTigerMoon23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “shiplotuspearlboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “boatsandkite88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🎂 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.82 (b) LampLotusToast11
- 35.🔐 Is “Nest.Seed.Frog48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “drum#chai#tiger#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “lotusbelltiger25” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake!sand!cloud!12 (b) Diya_Fern_20
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Lake#Sand16 (b) Kabir!Sand!44
- 40.🔐 Is “Wolf@Rain@2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- toast!moon!plum!62
- shorter than 12
- 4
- NeemLakeFrog24
- 16
- Pond.Tiger.Bell74
- has a name or year
- 9
- weak
- 4
- tiger!frog!seed!68
- in your head
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- ToastPondFrog11
- weak
- weak
- 10
- 16
- 16
- 15
- 17
- wolf!toast!drum!49
- 10
- 3
- 18
- weak
- others can guess it
- LampLotusToast11
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lake!sand!cloud!12
- Neem#Lake#Sand16
- weak
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