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) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin69 (b) gold_wolf_drum_43
- 3.🔐 “Admin-Rain51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔐 “Kite-Rain-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “password81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Nest!Fern!Lotus59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat#Gold#Toast32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “kite.ship.tiger.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed_26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Kite.2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “plumtoastseedwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-Chai-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “shelltoastchaimoon” 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
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold!brick!wolf!25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakesandgoldpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_Seed_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake_52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “VineMoonFern85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Wheel#17 (b) DustMangoRain55
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Dust87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “TigerSandPlum41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Pond!Plum!Shell89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty87 (b) pond-sand-seed-61
- 35.🔐 Is “Lake!Neem!River78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty72 (b) fern@seed@neem@48
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#drum#pond#13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Brick-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog#Corn#Hill12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellTentPlum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- emojis
- gold_wolf_drum_43
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 10
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 18
- 7
- 9
- risky
- 15
- 17
- 4
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 10
- DustMangoRain55
- 12
- 4
- strong
- 10
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- pond-sand-seed-61
- strong
- fern@seed@neem@48
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 15
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