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 “bell@tiger@toast@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Ship49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “bellboatcloudwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Kite-85 (b) FernMoonLeaf13
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Boat!72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Lake-60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Brick_59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Mango53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password88 (b) lake#kite#shell#88
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Cloud.Kite.2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Plum@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Plum-Brick82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeDustPond25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Nest#Vine#Frog57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir@Wolf@85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “tenttoastvinelotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lampwolfkite60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Rain-Lake-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Dust76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Moon!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Lotus@13” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Boat.Cloud.Vine27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “GoldBrickVine17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “chaiboattenthill” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “TentCloudDust49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “dustmoonvineshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@75 (b) Cloud-Lake-Mango28
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandBrickTent77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2015 (b) cloud@lake@drum@53
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Fern46 (b) NeemDustSand30
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel.seed.tiger.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- 14
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- FernMoonLeaf13
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 14
- weak
- 13
- weak
- lake#kite#shell#88
- 2
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 4
- 17
- in your head
- 3
- strong
- others can guess it
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- has a name or year
- 15
- 12
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Cloud-Lake-Mango28
- 3
- cloud@lake@drum@53
- NeemDustSand30
- 19
- 4
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