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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Hill_Lotus12 (b) iloveyou70
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonnestdrum61 (b) Kite!Frog!Pond17
- 6.🔐 “Plum#Lake#2013” 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
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 8.🔐 “Rain!27” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “boatcloudshellgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 11.🔐 Is “CloudRainMango52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonbellnest89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “admin58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Password#Corn45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Letmein_Bell38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Neem-Rain-Lake16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “lamptentlotus64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoChaiWolf64 (b) riverbricktiger15
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_Hill_Bell74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Vine89 (b) Wolf_Lotus_Fern26
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafgoldfrog67 (b) Chai_Neem_Wheel25
- 23.🔐 Is “fern#gold#wheel#29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “DustHillNeem37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Lotus89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Moon#Gold#Ship45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Chai.Shell29 (b) Tara2011
- 29.🔐 Is “wolfmangocloudhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya-River-49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango#seed#bell#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Chai!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Lotus.Drum18 (b) Iloveyou!Toast16
- 34.🔐 “Password-Hill46” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest!54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Moon-73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “seed-cloud-bell-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_85 (b) FrogCornBell17
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Frog_69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
Answer key
- Seed_Hill_Lotus12
- emojis
- 2
- 3
- Kite!Frog!Pond17
- has a name or year
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 18
- others can guess it
- strong
- 2
- weak
- weak
- weak
- strong
- weak
- MangoChaiWolf64
- 16
- in your head
- Wolf_Lotus_Fern26
- Chai_Neem_Wheel25
- strong
- 14
- 4
- strong
- 3
- Lamp.Chai.Shell29
- weak
- 4
- 3
- weak
- Brick.Lotus.Drum18
- has a common word
- 4
- weak
- strong
- FrogCornBell17
- 13
- 12
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