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 “VineWolfBell62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Boat!Vine!Bell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Kite-Rain-2016” 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
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Boat!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Pond.Brick67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastkitepearl27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Cloud.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “qwerty65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “tent-bell-moon-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 14.🔐 Is “MoonWolfBrick58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.cloud.tent.38 (b) iloveyou18
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raincornneem20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellNeemDrum64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Neem37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “welcome83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondLeafCloud49 (b) moonneemwolf10
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Brick71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “FernWolfPond22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “lampboatkite57” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Cloud24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2013 (b) NestShellTent65
- 30.🔐 “Aarav!Drum!87” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Lake@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “hillneemcloud89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.Lamp.Toast85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed#lake#gold#65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-19 (b) PondToastRain20
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Sand89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Sand@Lotus@Drum65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “MoonLampVine17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- 14
- 4
- 2
- risky
- others can guess it
- 4
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- moon.cloud.tent.38
- 2
- 3
- 12
- 4
- weak
- 3
- PondLeafCloud49
- 16
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- NestShellTent65
- has a name or year
- 15
- 9
- 15
- 17
- 3
- PondToastRain20
- 15
- 10
- strong
- strong
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