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.🔐 Is “wheel!lake!hill!49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai_Dust_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 4.🔐 Is “GoldLakeCorn89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust_moon_neem_44 (b) Saanvi-Drum-80
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#Cloud#River30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Bell72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPondShip74 (b) Tara2014
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger_sand_toast_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “mangofrogcloudfern” 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
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 Is “wheelbrickshipplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat.sand.chai.13 (b) Aarav-Gold-55
- 16.🗝️ 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
- 17.🔐 “Rohan!Seed!79” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Lamp@Brick28 (b) toastmooncloud29
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Brick.Seed38 (b) Qwerty_Wolf53
- 20.🔐 “drummoonrain63” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-Tent-Lamp68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “DustMoonGold70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast@16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “fern_kite_leaf_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “kitemangotentlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Pearl#Kite#2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Chai!2013 (b) rain-corn-kite-73
- 28.🔐 “Boat_40” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Leaf-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Welcome.Moon19” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Chai!Rain84 (b) Tara.River.22
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Leaf24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Gold-Brick86 (b) Nisha#Rain#51
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiphilltoasttent (b) Kite@Cloud@Ship73
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillriverchai81 (b) TentTigerCloud63
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “hill#tiger#brick#45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Iloveyou.Wolf80” 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
- 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- 12
- strong
- 3
- dust_moon_neem_44
- 18
- 15
- NeemPondShip74
- 3
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- weak
- boat.sand.chai.13
- in your head
- has a name or year
- Lotus@Lamp@Brick28
- Wheel.Brick.Seed38
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 14
- 4
- 17
- weak
- has a name or year
- rain-corn-kite-73
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a common word
- Leaf!Chai!Rain84
- 4
- 3
- Corn-Gold-Brick86
- Kite@Cloud@Ship73
- TentTigerCloud63
- 7
- 19
- has a common word
- 3
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