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) moon.frog.nest.55 (b) leafrivercorn73
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “pearllampmangoleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “DrumPlumSand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “brickshipleaftoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Moon-Tent-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 7.🔐 Is “Cloud!49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “toastcloudlampnest” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “LampBoatWheel60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “Pearl.30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔐 “leafnestgold29” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “tent-tiger-cloud-61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “VineBrickLake81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_80 (b) lotus.corn.river.27
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Pond-Drum21 (b) Lamp.37
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentMoonLamp66 (b) Tent!69
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondLotusVine20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus#Tiger#Pond64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Shell.17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Lotus#Wolf65 (b) iloveyou52
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Neem.Lotus62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 26.🔐 Is “BrickPearlFern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Cloud_Plum47 (b) password59
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemtentwheel64 (b) PlumLakeTiger29
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel-gold-toast-14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “iloveyou62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “riverhillmango49” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “bell-wheel-vine-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein53 (b) Drum-Lotus-Cloud73
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Chai14 (b) mango@drum@plum@32
- 36.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Wheel.40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “lampdrummoonriver” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Sand@62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Gold_88” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- moon.frog.nest.55
- 18
- strong
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- strong
- weak
- lotus.corn.river.27
- emojis
- Seed-Pond-Drum21
- TentMoonLamp66
- 3
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 3
- River#Lotus#Wolf65
- 4
- risky
- strong
- Bell_Cloud_Plum47
- PlumLakeTiger29
- 3
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Drum-Lotus-Cloud73
- mango@drum@plum@32
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 8
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