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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 2.🔐 Is “Saanvi2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan-Corn-13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Meera-Chai-13” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Toast@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 8.🔐 “Bell.18” 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
- 9.🔐 “Lotus@32” 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
- 10.🔐 “Plum.Kite.2011” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlboatlake87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Drum88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Admin_Hill36” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Drum!32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Brick-19” 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
- 17.🔐 “Ananya@Tiger@24” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “chailampvineneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Fern@71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Moon-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “tentpearlship76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chailamptentship (b) lamp!boat!plum!39
- 23.🔐 “shellpondchai55” 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
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldwheelbrick28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondrainplum78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Hill-Plum26 (b) pearlplumrivershell
- 28.🔐 Is “SandWheelFern83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Letmein!Cloud21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernWolfPond21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Ananya!Bell!66” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverpearlrain83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin59 (b) PlumNeemLeaf78
- 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Leaf-2013 (b) wheel.rain.cloud.38
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Neem.Corn52 (b) admin36
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rivershipboatsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 12
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 2
- emojis
- 13
- has a common word
- 4
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 15
- lamp!boat!plum!39
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 2
- 2
- Dust-Hill-Plum26
- strong
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- 7
- 2
- PlumNeemLeaf78
- in your head
- wheel.rain.cloud.38
- 2
- Bell.Neem.Corn52
- 2
- 17
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