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 “rivercloudfern70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “Bell@70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumToastRiver32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Lake-Cloud-2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 7.🔐 “mangohillrainriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 “Frog!Chai!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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillwheellampneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “ShipNestCloud39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Toast47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Sand-Tent27 (b) Letmein_Brick35
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Bell_27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “toastboatcloudneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatWheelHill25 (b) qwerty16
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinemangofrog61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “NeemWolfShell39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipHillLake11 (b) dustgoldtiger52
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipNestTiger31 (b) toastseeddust18
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Pond20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumvineboat70 (b) Vine#Leaf#Neem49
- 23.🔐 “tigerboatwheelpearl” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Lotus#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Qwerty!Lake25” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemmoondustmango (b) wheel!mango!tiger!18
- 29.🔐 Is “Nest_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Pearl@11” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlwheeltiger78 (b) pond.tiger.lamp.88
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!River!Tiger36 (b) bricklotusnestgold
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “pondsanddrum16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “riverplumwolfgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Seed-Lake-Drum51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Seed-Plum73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “moon.vine.mango.47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestWheelPearl52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Neem22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 16
- emojis
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 1
- strong
- others can guess it
- 13
- Leaf-Sand-Tent27
- 4
- weak
- BoatWheelHill25
- 2
- strong
- ShipHillLake11
- ShipNestTiger31
- 14
- Vine#Leaf#Neem49
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- risky
- 3
- has a common word
- wheel!mango!tiger!18
- weak
- shorter than 12
- pond.tiger.lamp.88
- Pearl!River!Tiger36
- 14
- in your head
- 17
- strong
- 4
- strong
- 3
- 15
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