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 “Qwerty.Chai89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 3.🔐 Is “drum_hill_leaf_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “vine!seed!shell!58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Vihaan#Dust#34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#Dust#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Toast_River26 (b) Saanvi2014
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.Neem.Mango74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Diya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Neem@Wolf@River62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogCloudShip76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Sand#River#2016” 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
- 13.🔐 “Pearl!Shell!2015” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-corn-plum-78 (b) letmein77
- 15.🔐 Is “LotusTentTiger89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernRiverMango21 (b) plumnestfrog53
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 20.🔐 Is “lakeboatrivermango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “toastwheelpondfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoLeafNeem84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “KiteMangoDrum17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “tigerhilldust89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Pearl25 (b) MangoSeedPond21
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Hill-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfKiteLamp50 (b) iloveyou71
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmangopearl48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “letmein72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “MoonToastLamp26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Rain-Lake-2012” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlsandlampkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “dust#pearl#tiger#62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Tent@Ship@2018” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastFernPearl80 (b) Gold@15
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Wheel79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “sandchaipondfrog” 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 kinds of characters does “cornboatdrum79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Hill@30” 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
Answer key
- 13
- in your head
- strong
- 18
- has a name or year
- 4
- Lotus_Toast_River26
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- sand-corn-plum-78
- strong
- emojis
- FernRiverMango21
- weak
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoSeedPond21
- 15
- WolfKiteLamp50
- 16
- weak
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- has a name or year
- ToastFernPearl80
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- shorter than 12
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