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 “Hill@Tiger@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Plum#29” 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
- 3.🔐 “lampriverwolf24” 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
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “pondlotusdrum51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondnestchaimango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf#moon#lamp#37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🗝️ 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
- 10.🔐 “Rohan.Neem.21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔐 Is “lamp#moon#nest#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentKitePond80 (b) Aarav!Rain!32
- 13.🔐 “Sand!39” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@11 (b) Tiger@Lamp@Seed35
- 15.🔐 Is “Tara.Ship.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 17.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Pond68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Mango#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Lotus.Bell10 (b) kiteleafnestpond
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem!Boat!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.Toast.Seed24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel-boat-moon-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangorainbellfern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “admin23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “tiger.ship.plum.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.River.88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “SandShipPlum48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.wheel.leaf.83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “fernshellplumbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 33.🔐 Is “TentShellRain51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Saanvi#Frog#88” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “KiteVineDust42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Rain-Bell-2008” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “mango@pearl@rain@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “boat!ship!brick!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “password22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.Seed.Shell38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 15
- 1
- 8
- 17
- in your head
- has a name or year
- strong
- TentKitePond80
- shorter than 12
- Tiger@Lamp@Seed35
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- 3
- 15
- 4
- Rain.Lotus.Bell10
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 1
- weak
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 17
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