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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir.Chai.66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Lamp@Sand87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Moon-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “VinePearlWheel56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein27 (b) kite@toast@vine@68
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@49 (b) lamp_boat_vine_38
- 10.🔐 “goldfernbrick41” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “goldlotuskite20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Gold_Lamp_Chai30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Boat77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent-Kite-Sand84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “FrogLeafBell31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp.seed.tent.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellkitetentchai (b) TigerNeemBell49
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “moonsandlamptiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumDustLamp48 (b) rainbellcornplum
- 20.🔐 Is “Nisha2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Wolf.51” 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
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 23.🔐 Is “mangodrumkite26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “sandlampwolftoast” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “toastnestdustbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Lamp59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Letmein#Mango76” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellCornGold25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastBellPond36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou71 (b) Dust!Kite!Moon36
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 32.🎂 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “sand#lotus#ship#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “shipkitenest39” 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
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 36.🔐 “Letmein!Pond66” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_Leaf_Bell76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Gold73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Nisha_Vine_73” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- emojis
- weak
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 2
- in your head
- kite@toast@vine@68
- lamp_boat_vine_38
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- strong
- 15
- 16
- strong
- 17
- TigerNeemBell49
- 17
- DrumDustLamp48
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 12
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- 4
- has a common word
- 3
- 3
- Dust!Kite!Moon36
- 3
- others can guess it
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- has a common word
- 17
- 12
- has a name or year
- 4
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