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.🔐 Is “tigerplumdust62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Dust@89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan.Wheel.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafShipRiver64 (b) tigerclouddrum13
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@Frog@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 9.🔐 “Toast-32” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernCloudLotus32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “toastplumsandtiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Boat_Gold_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 14.🔐 “Iloveyou.Pearl30” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “GoldPearlChai19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “shipdrumdust83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “lakedusttent20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Leaf@2011 (b) Ship#Wolf#Brick80
- 20.🔐 “Frog.21” 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
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornSeedChai24 (b) Iloveyou#Neem56
- 23.🔐 “Corn.48” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteRiverFern58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Password@Brick41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell!44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Admin!Pearl31” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “DrumTigerBrick62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Cloud!70” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “BoatLampTent36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern!River!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “nestneemtigermoon” 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
- 33.🔐 “Meera!Kite!47” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Kite63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Lake.Gold26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Dust.Lotus.Corn13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) LampShellHill72
- 39.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Nisha.Pearl.26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- weak
- 12
- weak
- LeafShipRiver64
- emojis
- 15
- 12
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 18
- weak
- 3
- has a common word
- 4
- strong
- weak
- weak
- Ship#Wolf#Brick80
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- CornSeedChai24
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- 7
- has a common word
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- 16
- strong
- in your head
- LampShellHill72
- weak
- has a name or year
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