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.🔐 Is “RiverNeemHill28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “WheelPearlToast78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Corn@Ship30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Tent11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Pond-Wolf-Leaf24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeCloudMoon45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelRainTiger19 (b) Rain-Tiger-2008
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!cloud!dust!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipMangoBrick18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Shell!Ship!Sand69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 12.🔐 Is “Vine_Toast_Seed19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “MangoGoldLamp71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “tent_leaf_tiger_18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornpondmango88 (b) Brick@Chai@Rain62
- 16.🔐 “Brick_13” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Ship#Pond77 (b) Ship_41
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Rain44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “DustKiteFern11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “fern.vine.toast.89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Aarav-Frog-22” 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
- 22.🔐 “Rohan!Tent!82” 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
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipMangoRiver47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern-41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “lake-hill-neem-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustoastlakerain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 31.🔐 Is “Fern#Toast#Nest43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Bell-Rain-2018” 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
- 33.🔐 “Fern#19” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem@seed@shell@59 (b) shellfrogcloud50
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Pond!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Ship38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha@Gold@35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Lotus80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “cloud!chai!river!20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 13
- strong
- 15
- WheelRainTiger19
- 18
- 16
- strong
- 3
- strong
- strong
- 18
- Brick@Chai@Rain62
- shorter than 12
- Sand#Ship#Pond77
- 13
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 2
- 1
- 9
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- neem@seed@shell@59
- 4
- 4
- 14
- 4
- 4
- strong
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