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 “Nisha#Corn#19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaiwolfwheel49 (b) Rain_Corn_Ship74
- 3.🔐 Is “Toast#Nest#Dust25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Boat#Seed#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “pond!corn!lamp!85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandlampcornchai (b) shell_wolf_rain_73
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Drum#Nest#2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “sandhilltent22” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Lamp.Leaf52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “ship!mango!vine!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Frog_18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🗝️ 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
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake-Seed-Chai70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Gold#Rain#2009” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickdrumneem38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Rain_47 (b) WolfBoatLake36
- 21.🔐 “Frog@67” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger_river_cloud_25 (b) seedsandcloudriver
- 23.🔐 Is “iloveyou75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!River!Pond25 (b) Pond_33
- 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 26.🔐 Is “Rohan-Plum-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “boatcornsandvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerTentShip45 (b) Vihaan@Lotus@15
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “SandLakeNeem32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaftentdrumplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_Pearl_Seed76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Nest.Neem.Leaf61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-Seed-River16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “admin65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “cloudboatpond68” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!cloud!bell!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Welcome-Fern52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Seed#10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- Rain_Corn_Ship74
- strong
- weak
- strong
- shell_wolf_rain_73
- 12
- 10
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 18
- weak
- in your head
- risky
- 4
- has a name or year
- 2
- others can guess it
- WolfBoatLake36
- shorter than 12
- tiger_river_cloud_25
- weak
- Mango!River!Pond25
- emojis
- weak
- 3
- 16
- TigerTentShip45
- 14
- 1
- 17
- strong
- 17
- 7
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 4
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