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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 2.🔐 “River_23” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chairainbrick49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “rain_toast_neem_82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Boat14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Nisha@River@80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Hill.Seed13 (b) shipneemchaiplum
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Toast-Corn70 (b) dustshellplum19
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 11.🔐 Is “Rohan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusdustsandlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogfernneemplum (b) CloudNestDrum87
- 14.🔐 “Drum#88” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Brick_Cloud_Leaf40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Hill@60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Wheel.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) Lotus-Boat-Neem34
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondDustBrick32 (b) lotusfrogvine89
- 20.🔐 “Diya!Boat!89” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Vine_Tiger_Pearl37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “lotuskiterainbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou_Mango34” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Drum!Tent15 (b) rainseedneemriver
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern@Boat@Vine24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@Bell@2012 (b) Corn.Plum.Wheel53
- 28.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “toastriverfern38” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Pearl#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “cornfernwolf55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem#Chai#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou!Shell68” 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
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 35.🔐 “Sand#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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Tiger-Wolf79 (b) mangolampriver13
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotoastneem14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#River#2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellChaiMoon17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Admin.Fern68” 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
Answer key
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- 2
- strong
- 13
- 9
- has a name or year
- Bell.Hill.Seed13
- Cloud-Toast-Corn70
- others can guess it
- weak
- 17
- CloudNestDrum87
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 4
- weak
- Lotus-Boat-Neem34
- PondDustBrick32
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- weak
- has a common word
- Mango!Drum!Tent15
- 4
- Corn.Plum.Wheel53
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a common word
- risky
- shorter than 12
- Kite-Tiger-Wolf79
- 2
- 15
- 3
- has a common word
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