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 kinds of characters does “SandLotusCorn62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Vine@Wheel@Pearl26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Hill!14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Rain_Tent_2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornwolfleaf44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “brickkitelake26” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Toast@Drum@2014” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Wheel@Tiger@Wolf34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Rain_2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-69 (b) Moon@Chai@Ship47
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#Sand#Wheel73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Plum.82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “moonsandpearl67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold-lake-fern-39 (b) Vihaan2011
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “hillboattent42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Diya!Boat!49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “dust@river@lake@55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Hill.51” 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
- 24.🔐 “Chai_49” 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
- 25.🔐 “Ananya.Kite.86” 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
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!hill!seed!41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “MangoShellPond30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Chai!Gold17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite@tent@chai@60 (b) Ishaan2015
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoshipleaf80 (b) lake_fern_dust_87
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Lamp71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “kiterivernest65” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Vihaan2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Tiger-Lotus11 (b) leafplumlakeneem
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.72 (b) PearlWheelLamp80
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellkitemoon79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- 10
- weak
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 3
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a name or year
- 2
- strong
- 15
- Moon@Chai@Ship47
- 4
- 14
- weak
- gold-lake-fern-39
- 14
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 12
- 3
- strong
- 16
- kite@tent@chai@60
- lake_fern_dust_87
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Corn-Tiger-Lotus11
- PearlWheelLamp80
- 2
- others can guess it
- 8
- risky
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