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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandkitebrickvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “tigerclouddrumriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Boat!Pearl!2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Is “KiteSeedTent82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “Sand-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Tiger32 (b) tiger_sand_ship_21
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Dust18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “bell#frog#fern#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell-toast-pond-47 (b) Leaf_21
- 11.🔐 Is “Rain#Neem#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 13.🔐 Is “vinecloudshippond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2010 (b) plum.dust.leaf.66
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “nest.leaf.tiger.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “hill@pearl@sand@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Ananya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Ship.Toast21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-57 (b) TigerSandDrum66
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus@neem@shell@65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Password-Chai19” 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
- 27.🔐 “Tent!28” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya-Cloud-54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “shell-leaf-dust-24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “kiteshellmangowheel” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampChaiNeem13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “letmein27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.dust.fern.10 (b) vinetoastbelllamp
- 36.🔐 Is “River#Lotus#Plum48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Brick.Plum11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemwolfshipshell (b) Tiger-Lake-Wolf21
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldboatcorn77 (b) lotus@toast@dust@78
Answer key
- risky
- 1
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- tiger_sand_ship_21
- 4
- 17
- bell-toast-pond-47
- weak
- 3
- weak
- emojis
- plum.dust.leaf.66
- 12
- 7
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 18
- 7
- TigerSandDrum66
- 3
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 2
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- 3
- weak
- shell.dust.fern.10
- strong
- 4
- Tiger-Lake-Wolf21
- others can guess it
- lotus@toast@dust@78
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