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 “Plum_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentpearlboatkite (b) drum_tent_lake_33
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.drum.mango.13 (b) Toast.37
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlvinepond65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Welcome@Cloud77” 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
- 6.🔐 “Ship#82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlhillshell35 (b) RainNestSeed38
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.River.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Brick@50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlamphill62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Sand#30 (b) MangoShellSand24
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_River70 (b) SeedBoatLotus57
- 14.🔐 “Pearl.53” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlCornShip84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Plum_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🎂 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Lake73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “fernlampsand25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Rain@Neem@Nest52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “dustlampfrogfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 “Password_Moon17” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafWolfCorn29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Brick!Tiger83 (b) cloudleafpearlneem
- 25.🔐 “Tara!Moon!47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 Is “wheelpearlshell89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@moon@leaf@41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Sand.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty51 (b) ToastTigerBell22
- 30.🔐 “mangoriverpearlvine” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “lampkitetent87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipShellHill58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou.Corn13” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Rain15 (b) KiteWheelDrum18
- 35.🔐 “Saanvi@Moon@86” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudleafmoon58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Lamp@Neem11 (b) toastlakesandshell
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 40.🔐 “drumtigerlotusrain” 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
Answer key
- weak
- drum_tent_lake_33
- river.drum.mango.13
- 15
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- RainNestSeed38
- risky
- 4
- 13
- 15
- MangoShellSand24
- SeedBoatLotus57
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 4
- others can guess it
- 4
- 14
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 14
- Lake!Brick!Tiger83
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 4
- ToastTigerBell22
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- has a common word
- KiteWheelDrum18
- has a name or year
- 2
- Drum@Lamp@Neem11
- 4
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
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