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 “Ananya#Moon#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Plum#Cloud#Brick36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “drum-frog-pond-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Rohan@Seed@10” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Hill86 (b) SeedPearlNeem35
- 6.🔐 Is “CloudTigerWolf30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Moon!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Hill@Seed71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Lake#Lamp#2013” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Bell-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “toastpearlshelldrum” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “riverfernchairain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “toast#frog#lotus#35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusnestshiplamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “lampfrogkite67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogkiteleaf61 (b) Tent#Dust#Nest34
- 18.🔐 Is “Frog-Pearl-Corn51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Chai-Cloud-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Seed.Moon15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Nest_Rain_Shell88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem-brick-tiger-33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!Dust!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “mangomooncloud68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Neem_Mango_2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “fern.wolf.kite.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “bellpearldrummoon” 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
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Nest#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Boat@Pearl@2018” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Toast-Cloud53 (b) fernbrickdrumriver
- 36.🔐 “riverplumfern74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 37.🔐 Is “Rain#Plum#Fern55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Corn24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Plum_19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
Answer key
- 4
- strong
- 17
- has a name or year
- SeedPearlNeem35
- strong
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- 12
- 17
- weak
- Tent#Dust#Nest34
- strong
- has a name or year
- 16
- strong
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 16
- has a name or year
- 17
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 4
- risky
- 2
- has a name or year
- Pond-Toast-Cloud53
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- in your head
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