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.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatTentSeed28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “dust.ship.wheel.51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakerainbrick66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Wolf69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “drumfrogriverhill” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password80 (b) Cloud@Shell@Plum19
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “drum#neem#lotus#59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 10.🔐 Is “leafsanddrumgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PondShellLamp25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Lake#Frog24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Fern32 (b) boat@river@tiger@82
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornshellvinewheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Boat!Corn!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMangoGold85 (b) Corn#44
- 17.🔐 Is “toast#gold#bell#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “Boat.Moon.Ship10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Rain68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “shellraindusttent” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@54 (b) BrickTentCorn63
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudlakeneemchai (b) Pearl!Cloud!Gold52
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Moon_River38 (b) Vihaan-Seed-56
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 27.🔐 “cornwheeltent67” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@wolf@gold@73 (b) mangogoldship81
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Plum!Mango52 (b) Dust.Cloud.2012
- 30.🔐 “Lake-27” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Neem@Lake43 (b) Boat!Lamp!2015
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellcloudmoon66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “plum.lotus.frog.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “moonwolfbelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Gold#23 (b) sand!plum!river!87
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.tiger.wolf.85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “nestchaiseed49” 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
- 39.🔐 “Vihaan#Wheel#41” 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
Answer key
- 14
- strong
- 2
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Cloud@Shell@Plum19
- 4
- 18
- others can guess it
- weak
- 15
- 16
- boat@river@tiger@82
- 1
- weak
- FrogMangoGold85
- strong
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BrickTentCorn63
- 10
- Pearl!Cloud!Gold52
- 3
- Rain_Moon_River38
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- corn@wolf@gold@73
- Seed!Plum!Mango52
- shorter than 12
- Lotus@Neem@Lake43
- 4
- 2
- strong
- weak
- sand!plum!river!87
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- in your head
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