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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!mango!moon!85 (b) letmein25
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornkitepond57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🗝️ 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusseedmoon38 (b) drum#toast#ship#46
- 5.🔐 Is “drum@gold@ship@28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#57 (b) Kite!Neem!Vine75
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Corn80 (b) BoatPondDust79
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “tentshipleaftoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Boat26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 11.🔐 “Qwerty-Wolf52” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Tent.2009 (b) lotus#fern#rain#12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatMoonLake28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Password.Lotus12” 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
- 18.🔐 “Admin@Vine19” 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
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Bell70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#neem#dust#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverMangoBrick19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “RainNestPlum63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “qwerty26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaicloudkitewheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Rain63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “pearlpondmangochai” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “HillKiteFrog17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Rain@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Lamp.Leaf.2010” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedtigercorncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Rohan-Neem-19” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “hillmoonriver11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelSeedShell85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 36.🔐 “Vihaan.Sand.52” 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 characters are in “Neem-Moon-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Password@Sand66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “moonfrogplumtiger” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-sand-neem-35 (b) bellkiterivergold
Answer key
- chai!mango!moon!85
- 2
- in your head
- drum#toast#ship#46
- strong
- Kite!Neem!Vine75
- BoatPondDust79
- 17
- weak
- 12
- has a common word
- lotus#fern#rain#12
- 4
- risky
- others can guess it
- 14
- has a common word
- has a common word
- emojis
- 14
- 18
- 17
- strong
- weak
- 1
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- 1
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- 14
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- chai-sand-neem-35
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