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 “Seed-River-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “cornfernriverbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlNeemMango49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “drumsandhillshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain!nest!wolf!66 (b) Qwerty-Mango62
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernNeemDust46 (b) Tara2013
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Seed_2009 (b) BrickFrogNest84
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandbrickwolf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “brickwolfkite61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Brick.Chai.Cloud44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Kite.52” 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
- 17.🔐 “Fern!Plum!2009” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Pond34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2014 (b) LotusDrumLeaf41
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “corndrumchai16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Drum@10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 24.🔐 Is “Frog-Wheel-Plum38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “LeafChaiMoon61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Bell_Ship29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Ananya!Rain!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Kite-Plum-2011” 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
- 31.🔐 “Neem-37” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “corn#wheel#lamp#74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Moon@75” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Sand.Lake.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Hill!Pond81 (b) Mango-53
- 36.🔐 Is “Sand@Seed@Rain53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “frogplumkitemango” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “frogleafwolf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Saanvi!Lake!71” 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
- 40.🔐 “Password.Frog12” 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
Answer key
- 15
- 7
- 7
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 12
- 7
- rain!nest!wolf!66
- others can guess it
- FernNeemDust46
- BrickFrogNest84
- 2
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- LotusDrumLeaf41
- 14
- 9
- 4
- in your head
- strong
- strong
- risky
- 17
- weak
- 9
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 18
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Cloud!Hill!Pond81
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a common word
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