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 “Diya#Seed#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Hill.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Pond!Neem!2010” 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
- 4.🔐 “Shell_47” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud_dust_wolf_79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Rain.Lotus26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “fern#cloud#gold#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed#tent#pond#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “tigerwolftent72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “password60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatCornTiger29 (b) tigerneemmangogold
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@54 (b) Toast@Rain@Wheel86
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 17.🔐 Is “Hill_Dust_Moon58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoKiteChai51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Boat-Kite36 (b) Welcome_Tiger84
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Brick@39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “cornhillmangodrum” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandrainchai67 (b) tiger_river_rain_42
- 23.🔐 “Welcome_Plum25” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-Wheel-2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Lotus!Vine!2015” 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
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 27.🔐 Is “PearlFernSeed25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteBellWheel60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “seed#gold#wolf#61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “lamp.drum.pearl.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Hill-Lake-2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “chai!sand!pearl!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “goldwheelleaf45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔐 “Lake!River!2013” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Gold19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigershippearlhill (b) ShipLotusDust58
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_Kite_Cloud17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Rain-Gold-Ship79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#pond#frog#24 (b) Brick!Leaf!2016
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 10
- 3
- weak
- others can guess it
- 10
- BoatCornTiger29
- Toast@Rain@Wheel86
- 12
- strong
- 15
- Moon-Boat-Kite36
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tiger_river_rain_42
- has a common word
- 15
- has a name or year
- risky
- strong
- 15
- 17
- 9
- strong
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 13
- ShipLotusDust58
- 4
- strong
- hill#pond#frog#24
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