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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Cloud_2008 (b) Gold!Chai!Cloud71
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Hill22 (b) Pond-River-Tent32
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “brick_pearl_toast_51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Lake!River!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “CloudSandFern66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “nest#river#plum#50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Kabir#Hill#87” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Toast-72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “lakelampbrick52” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Mango.Lamp.Toast47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Wolf@2017 (b) Rain-Wolf-Kite31
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamphilldustpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite#gold#lotus#15 (b) chaivinebrick26
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “fernneemkite18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Lake!Cloud!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Vine#Lotus35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickponddrum28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Boat!Moon85 (b) Shell!Pearl!2015
- 23.🔐 Is “KiteBoatBrick69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernBrickShip89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Brick!Vine!2012” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_Mango_Rain67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Plum-River-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellseedmoonriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🗝️ 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
- 31.🔐 “pondseedtentchai” 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
- 32.🔐 “fernlakewheel23” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Rain79 (b) VineHillShip20
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillplumlotusbell (b) moon_pearl_corn_64
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Seed52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Brick.74” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampWheelShell14 (b) Ishaan2018
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin25 (b) Ship!Pond!Rain13
Answer key
- 3
- Gold!Chai!Cloud71
- 12
- 8
- Pond-River-Tent32
- 4
- strong
- weak
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Rain-Wolf-Kite31
- 1
- kite#gold#lotus#15
- 14
- weak
- 4
- 2
- Leaf!Boat!Moon85
- strong
- 9
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- 1
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 8
- VineHillShip20
- moon_pearl_corn_64
- 14
- shorter than 12
- LampWheelShell14
- Ship!Pond!Rain13
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