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) Nisha-Cloud-69 (b) Seed.Neem.Shell81
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 3.🔐 “Shell!Lake!2009” 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
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteCloudGold56 (b) letmein31
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelfernmoonrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou18 (b) LampLotusDrum71
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “admin64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Brick.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#Gold#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Nisha-Shell-75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake!ship!boat!18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Tiger.Frog63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “Admin!Lake53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Lamp@78” 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
- 19.🔐 “seedshelltigerrain” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “neem#chai#tent#78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “mango-neem-lamp-61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Boat-Corn64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Boat_Drum_2009” 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
- 24.🔐 “wheelnestbrick12” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Corn_Nest_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “mango#drum#hill#47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Vihaan#Chai#86” 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 characters are in “BrickTigerFern57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 30.🔐 Is “Rohan!Tent!79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-Hill-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@Neem@2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Rain!Neem!Plum63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickdustnestrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “mangoshellrain74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Is “River_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Wheel!Drum!Bell77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcornlotus22 (b) Pearl#Moon#Wolf82
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentShellDrum31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Letmein@Seed68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- Seed.Neem.Shell81
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 12
- KiteCloudGold56
- others can guess it
- 17
- LampLotusDrum71
- 7
- weak
- in your head
- 14
- weak
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 2
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- 17
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 16
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- Pearl#Moon#Wolf82
- 3
- has a common word
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