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 kinds of characters does “admin41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “chai@seed@plum@47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!tent!tiger!26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudlotusneem56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Lotus.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn#chai#toast#17 (b) Tara2010
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_Rain_Toast20 (b) lampplumshelllotus
- 8.🔐 Is “mango#plum#seed#86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “letmein74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Hill@Kite@Nest60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “Nisha!Fern!84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔐 “Cloud#Dust#2010” 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
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Corn73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog#bell#wheel#45 (b) iloveyou27
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Shell70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Rain_89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) lake!sand!shell!64
- 19.🔐 “Password@Toast45” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Gold@2008 (b) FernTentShip49
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Ship@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold.leaf.river.59 (b) leaftigercorn64
- 23.🔐 Is “bell-plum-rain-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password25 (b) boat@toast@mango@39
- 26.🔐 Is “GoldMangoWolf55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-20 (b) FrogDustNest42
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Lotus!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Lake@19” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2012 (b) VineLeafSeed17
- 31.🔐 “riverseedplumvine” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Brick-Vine-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “mangolaketigerrain” 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.🔐 Is “Gold!Vine!Wheel23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “toastpearlfern53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelLakeTiger49 (b) neembellboat83
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “lamp-mango-brick-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentShellDust60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 2
- strong
- 3
- 16
- 4
- corn#chai#toast#17
- Plum_Rain_Toast20
- strong
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 12
- frog#bell#wheel#45
- 4
- 4
- lake!sand!shell!64
- has a common word
- FernTentShip49
- 15
- gold.leaf.river.59
- strong
- others can guess it
- boat@toast@mango@39
- strong
- FrogDustNest42
- 4
- shorter than 12
- VineLeafSeed17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- WheelLakeTiger49
- 10
- strong
- 3
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