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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldLampWheel35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Plum.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Corn.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Hill@Rain38 (b) welcome49
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Neem.Mango58 (b) cornriverchai35
- 7.🔐 Is “Fern.Chai.Brick13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Gold10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Lotus_Nest69 (b) riverlampsandneem
- 11.🔐 “toastclouddustfrog” 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
- 12.🔐 “cloudkiteriverleaf” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-sand-cloud-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 15.🔐 Is “bell!lake!vine!43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Corn#84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.shell.lotus.44 (b) qwerty77
- 18.🔐 “Wheel!27” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “shell_ship_brick_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Kite#33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Pearl!19 (b) Pond_Toast_Mango39
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Ship_80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-Sand-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “tiger.dust.chai.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.82 (b) river-shell-dust-48
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Moon.2014 (b) pond!leaf!boat!22
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Boat.71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “brickvinehilllotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Fern-Rain-Shell18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuslakecloud27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-lamp-drum-31 (b) pearlcloudneemtiger
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya!Tiger!53 (b) vine.pearl.plum.49
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafDrumTiger30 (b) Meera2009
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatWolfSand27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Fern_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- emojis
- 15
- 4
- 15
- Ship@Hill@Rain38
- Toast.Neem.Mango58
- strong
- in your head
- 13
- Vine_Lotus_Nest69
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- risky
- strong
- weak
- mango.shell.lotus.44
- shorter than 12
- 19
- 3
- 4
- 4
- Pond_Toast_Mango39
- 4
- others can guess it
- 14
- strong
- river-shell-dust-48
- pond!leaf!boat!22
- 4
- 18
- strong
- 7
- 9
- 16
- frog-lamp-drum-31
- vine.pearl.plum.49
- LeafDrumTiger30
- 3
- weak
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