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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 2.🔐 Is “bell_hill_corn_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “RainBrickRiver33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Welcome.Vine12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!Corn!Frog49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “tigermoonsandtent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai.Boat.2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#73 (b) tiger.toast.leaf.89
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernneemcorncloud (b) Fern_Lotus_Pearl50
- 12.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Drum49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumSandDust19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🗝️ 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Meera-River-81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “CloudShipDrum63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Hill-Leaf-Ship28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Tent_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Meera.Tent.48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 21.🔐 “Tara@Boat@85” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Wheel13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 24.🔐 Is “Tent@Gold@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “RainCloudVine39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “tiger@wheel@corn@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Pearl@Wheel@Tiger85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “nestbellwolfshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “VineKiteCorn37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Seed-Lotus-2009” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Wheel-Lamp-River20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Neem.17” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “neembellpearlkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlotusbrickhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “welcome54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “wheelplumwolfpearl” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) LampRiverToast72
- 38.🔐 “shipgoldchailake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔐 “Letmein#Corn62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 “Welcome-Chai49” 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
- 12
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 4
- weak
- 4
- tiger.toast.leaf.89
- others can guess it
- 3
- Fern_Lotus_Pearl50
- weak
- 14
- in your head
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 16
- risky
- weak
- 15
- strong
- strong
- 17
- 14
- has a name or year
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 1
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LampRiverToast72
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- has a common word
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