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 characters are in “Kabir2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Sand-Rain58 (b) Password.Gold42
- 3.🔐 “Corn_Tiger_2009” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!lamp!shell!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password10 (b) Mango_Brick_Seed63
- 7.🔐 Is “SandRainWheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “mangotigerfern62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellsandfernleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Ishaan.Neem.88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlTentBell36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Rain!Fern18 (b) Password.Hill57
- 13.🔐 “Lake#46” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Shell17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Hill!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandHillKite34 (b) shipmangoseed14
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoRainDrum67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “corn_ship_vine_87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “shellchaicloudkite” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Kite@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlamppond71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-Shell-Leaf82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) Seed.Tiger.Kite30
- 33.🔐 “Admin-Corn31” 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
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 35.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Vine.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Wolf_58” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Tent30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “cloudmangovine15” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Frog!50 (b) Lamp@Cloud@Toast40
Answer key
- 9
- Toast-Sand-Rain58
- has a name or year
- 3
- 2
- Mango_Brick_Seed63
- strong
- weak
- 1
- has a name or year
- 3
- Cloud!Rain!Fern18
- shorter than 12
- 14
- weak
- 4
- weak
- SandHillKite34
- in your head
- 15
- 3
- 2
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 14
- 4
- 4
- emojis
- 9
- 12
- Seed.Tiger.Kite30
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- Lamp@Cloud@Toast40
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