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 “hill#gold#dust#45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedBoatCloud24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Sand#2010 (b) RainTigerGold66
- 4.🔐 “Iloveyou-Fern25” 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
- 5.🔐 “Sand-Rain-2011” 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
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 7.🔐 Is “Nest_Lake_Mango60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “shellboatrain31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Letmein-Seed52” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandvinechai16 (b) Lake.Cloud.Wolf63
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon-85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-nest-fern-32 (b) iloveyou21
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Lake46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Rain!70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Drum@Fern@2013” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-shell-neem-39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Gold-River-Neem44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Seed-89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-Rain-Cloud15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Frog53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Welcome.River20” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty24 (b) SeedTigerShip16
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “nest@dust@corn@53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “hillkitecloudpearl” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Corn13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudriverfern64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Tent#68” 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 kinds of characters does “lampcornkite87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlwheelplumlotus (b) sand#ship#mango#84
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandbrickboatpearl (b) BellCornLotus36
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite!wolf!dust!41 (b) admin48
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#Bell#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “letmein53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinetigerlotuspond (b) corn@seed@river@13
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Neem.2015 (b) Lamp.Corn.Tent32
Answer key
- strong
- 15
- RainTigerGold66
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- Lake.Cloud.Wolf63
- in your head
- 7
- lamp-nest-fern-32
- 15
- 12
- has a name or year
- 19
- strong
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 14
- has a common word
- SeedTigerShip16
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 2
- sand#ship#mango#84
- BellCornLotus36
- 12
- risky
- kite!wolf!dust!41
- 3
- 4
- weak
- corn@seed@river@13
- Lamp.Corn.Tent32
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