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) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestchaicorn71 (b) vine_pearl_lotus_53
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastseednest63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Brick46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “pearlwolfhilllotus” 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
- 6.🗝️ 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Frog-Dust41 (b) password65
- 8.🔐 Is “Leaf.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “iloveyou12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Ship_Moon27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Lake_Wheel_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Vine!12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Shell_56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “password32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellLakeRiver61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty_Leaf22” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “kitetoastleafrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Gold!Bell!2017” 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
- 20.🔐 “frogwheellamp87” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Fern!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Lamp-Neem57 (b) Password@Gold19
- 23.🔐 “Neem-Pearl-2010” 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.🔐 Is “gold_tiger_nest_38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Lake@63 (b) cloud-leaf-gold-59
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Kite@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neembricktoast54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Nest#Drum#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Lotus_Pond60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “bellcornlamp48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “SandNeemDrum61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 33.🔐 “Tent@Brick@2013” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Rohan-Lotus-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “lamp-plum-boat-49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) WolfLeafLamp61
- 38.🔐 “Gold!21” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumNestBoat83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Chai-Nest-2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- emojis
- vine_pearl_lotus_53
- 2
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- Cloud-Frog-Dust41
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- 17
- weak
- 13
- weak
- weak
- 16
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Kite-Lamp-Neem57
- has a name or year
- strong
- cloud-leaf-gold-59
- 14
- 2
- weak
- 4
- 14
- strong
- risky
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- 9
- WolfLeafLamp61
- shorter than 12
- 3
- weak
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