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 “cloud_tent_moon_24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “tent-plum-tiger-14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Moon-Mango-Wheel85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Fern-Bell-Toast17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus.chai.tiger.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “SandGoldBoat52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!River!82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBoatChai89 (b) Tara-Plum-49
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#ship#toast#29 (b) frogpondmango85
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold.mango.kite.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “river-corn-rain-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_Moon_Kite35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainwheeltigerdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Cloud.Pearl24 (b) Arjun@Pond@40
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Rain-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship#river#moon#36 (b) lampvineleafbrick
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Admin@Lamp79” 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
- 25.🔐 “Welcome@Kite52” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “SandLampLeaf30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl!nest!wheel!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) Ship!Bell!Mango24
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickRiverGold36 (b) password43
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “River#Tiger#Wolf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiHillMango21 (b) password33
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Frog-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Neem78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Cloud-2016 (b) CloudDrumFern24
- 36.🔐 Is “Kite.Moon.Pearl88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Bell#Tent65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “fern-frog-nest-25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogbellmango39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- 18
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 19
- 14
- 14
- in your head
- 2
- 7
- LotusBoatChai89
- mango#ship#toast#29
- 3
- strong
- 4
- 1
- Drum.Cloud.Pearl24
- 4
- risky
- 12
- ship#river#moon#36
- 8
- has a common word
- has a common word
- strong
- 19
- Ship!Bell!Mango24
- BrickRiverGold36
- emojis
- 18
- ChaiHillMango21
- 4
- 15
- CloudDrumFern24
- strong
- 16
- weak
- strong
- 2
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