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.🔐 “Tiger#17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Wheel-Moon24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerSeedWolf14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell#pond#nest#54 (b) fernhilltent18
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Dust#Sand57 (b) Gold#60
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Frog21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Shell-Hill34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel!Toast!2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “shipfrogbell59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Brick#Lotus#2017” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#wheel#sand#88 (b) pearlgolddustlake
- 14.🔐 Is “Admin.Leaf36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellneempearl68 (b) Mango!Lake!Brick77
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@lake@tiger@12 (b) rainlakeleafvine
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “PondBoatLamp86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemLeafKite25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Chai@Shell@Plum16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Pond-Seed-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastFrogFern58 (b) corntigersandgold
- 25.🔐 Is “Rohan_Neem_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatdrumpondneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Corn.Moon.Chai79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Lake.45” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudlakedrummango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “dust-chai-pond-61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl.tiger.wheel.19 (b) Aarav-Cloud-55
- 33.🔐 Is “Admin_River20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_Lake_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “toasttentsandpearl” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@nest@fern@43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakelotusmoontoast (b) Rain-Mango-Pearl75
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drummoonmango35 (b) DrumKiteLotus17
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteriverboat88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- 4
- 3
- shell#pond#nest#54
- Shell#Dust#Sand57
- 4
- 17
- 4
- 8
- 14
- has a name or year
- fern#wheel#sand#88
- weak
- Mango!Lake!Brick77
- cloud@lake@tiger@12
- 2
- strong
- 14
- 2
- 3
- strong
- weak
- ToastFrogFern58
- weak
- emojis
- 1
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 18
- strong
- pearl.tiger.wheel.19
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- Rain-Mango-Pearl75
- DrumKiteLotus17
- 15
- 3
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