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.🔐 “sandleafdust13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 2.🔐 Is “lotusferntiger18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_boat_drum_28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “leafbrickcloudfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Sand@73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 “Welcome.Boat62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Hill48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastCornLotus47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “shipgoldlotusshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔐 “Cloud@63” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “qwerty74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.10 (b) river.shell.nest.10
- 14.🔐 Is “Gold@Corn@Boat12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 16.🔐 “cornbellrivercloud” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Toast@2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Gold#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Leaf88 (b) KiteMangoLotus75
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogkiteseed50 (b) Brick!Vine!Pond35
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “chai.moon.shell.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “kitetigerbrick20” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) belldusthillsand (b) MangoRiverBell43
- 25.🔐 Is “Toast.Chai.Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Pond.Fern29 (b) neemdustgoldwolf
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust-Cloud-Pond53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainPondLotus80 (b) Letmein@Gold77
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “VineKitePlum81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 33.🔐 “Chai#Corn#2012” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiBoatDrum49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Meera.Wolf.15” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamplakewheel44 (b) ship.moon.tent.75
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) Gold#Wolf#Boat89
- 39.🔐 Is “letmein22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Vine_13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- 9
- 18
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- river.shell.nest.10
- strong
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- KiteMangoLotus75
- 12
- Brick!Vine!Pond35
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoRiverBell43
- strong
- Frog.Pond.Fern29
- emojis
- 4
- risky
- RainPondLotus80
- 14
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 2
- 14
- has a name or year
- ship.moon.tent.75
- Gold#Wolf#Boat89
- weak
- 4
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