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.
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- 1.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-River76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bricksandwolf23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “shellvinewheel61” 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
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 5.🔐 Is “Hill#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogChaiHill53 (b) Cloud@21
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentbrickseedplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondTentShell45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Mango!Drum!2010” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Plum_Shell_2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Letmein_Plum22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Bell47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “welcome67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “RiverChaiLake35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 18.🔐 Is “Admin-Lotus72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn_sand_seed_26 (b) Vine!16
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Rain.48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Fern.Brick74 (b) Hill_Sand_2010
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Tent.Lake73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lampseedship70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “lotusshiprain85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Sand.Pond14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “kite!brick!lake!77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “tiger.brick.river.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#78 (b) lotus.bell.rain.31
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “lamp-bell-sand-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty10 (b) Ship-Wolf-Chai71
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Cloud@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatvinecloud17 (b) tiger!fern!chai!82
- 36.🔐 “Corn#Fern#2009” 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
- 37.🔐 “Iloveyou.Lamp12” 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
- 38.🔐 “Moon-Nest-2018” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoPondToast23 (b) Welcome.Sand49
- 40.🔐 “Bell@63” 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
Answer key
- 13
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- weak
- FrogChaiHill53
- 1
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- 2
- has a common word
- 12
- 4
- weak
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- corn_sand_seed_26
- 4
- Bell.Fern.Brick74
- 4
- 14
- weak
- 4
- 18
- strong
- lotus.bell.rain.31
- 4
- 4
- strong
- Ship-Wolf-Chai71
- 10
- 4
- tiger!fern!chai!82
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- MangoPondToast23
- shorter than 12
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