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 “Sand.Lotus.Lamp25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake_cloud_lotus_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔐 Is “Admin-Kite26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “hill!fern!shell!57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “chai_ship_neem_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Nest@Lake@Chai38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 “Ishaan!Pond!39” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumPearlWolf58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Drum-Wheel-2013” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum!lamp!bell!10 (b) qwerty20
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestDustCorn18 (b) tentwolffernpond
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.28 (b) rain.boat.lotus.50
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Corn@Chai53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “LotusBellLeaf49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Nisha_Wheel_75” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.tent.cloud.68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha#Dust#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Hill38 (b) Shell-Lamp-Lake56
- 24.🔐 Is “Cloud#Mango#Plum66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestBoatRiver53 (b) Diya#Seed#29
- 26.🔐 Is “Wheel!41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Wolf-Boat-2008” 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
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2018 (b) rain#boat#frog#76
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Mango-Corn34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.River.Vine63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Leaf-Seed45 (b) cornboattiger17
- 33.🔐 Is “river!plum!tiger!69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Drum.Mango.Tiger26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “shipkiteleafwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudwheelwolfrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlakechai50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Rohan_Fern_55” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerRainFrog46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakecloudfernkite (b) Rain@Vine@Toast67
Answer key
- 17
- 3
- risky
- others can guess it
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- 17
- strong
- 4
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 15
- has a name or year
- plum!lamp!bell!10
- NestDustCorn18
- rain.boat.lotus.50
- 16
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- 13
- Shell-Lamp-Lake56
- strong
- NestBoatRiver53
- weak
- has a name or year
- 12
- rain#boat#frog#76
- 17
- 18
- Lamp-Leaf-Seed45
- strong
- strong
- 16
- 18
- 2
- has a name or year
- 15
- Rain@Vine@Toast67
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