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.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_Wheel_Hill21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “nest.brick.frog.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 4.🔐 “Frog!12” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Sand.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_42 (b) Cloud-Wolf-Sand83
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Rain@34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Bell31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustkitelakepearl (b) Dust.Kite.Toast32
- 11.🔐 “Tara_River_53” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Nisha2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 14.🔐 Is “Pearl#Shell#Kite30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Lotus!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Iloveyou_Bell51” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangobrickfern69 (b) Rain-Nest-Seed88
- 18.🔐 Is “lotusbrickpearldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonBellCloud21 (b) Neem.13
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Pearl76 (b) ShipLakeMango47
- 23.🔐 Is “Drum@Lake@Lamp89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus_cloud_seed_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Pond!20” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty37 (b) PlumPondTiger24
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 28.🔐 Is “Tiger@Sand@Kite36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Kite.Wolf68 (b) shellfrogdustnest
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudshiptigerdrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “PlumBrickSand20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Chai!Mango61 (b) fernkiterainship
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Ship#23” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Tent28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Fern-Neem-Rain83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemshipvine40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Kite#Mango#River54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “cloudrainsandbell” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Lamp#Wheel80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 17
- 18
- 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- emojis
- Cloud-Wolf-Sand83
- 12
- 4
- Dust.Kite.Toast32
- has a name or year
- weak
- in your head
- strong
- 16
- has a common word
- Rain-Nest-Seed88
- weak
- 10
- others can guess it
- MoonBellCloud21
- ShipLakeMango47
- strong
- 19
- shorter than 12
- PlumPondTiger24
- risky
- strong
- Pond.Kite.Wolf68
- 18
- strong
- Rain!Chai!Mango61
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 15
- strong
- 2
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
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