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 “Leaf@69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Toast84 (b) Bell-Brick-Wheel23
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-pearl-cloud-20 (b) Bell!53
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “raintoastneem49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Sand_Boat_Rain26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@leaf@tiger@24 (b) plumtoastfrog67
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumLampTent77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!65 (b) ShipShellRiver41
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Sand14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Vine27 (b) FernVineNeem56
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemVineCorn55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 14.🔐 Is “HillShellSand45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum@corn@tent@81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Rain!Shell!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “Vine.Kite.Lotus65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Wheel-Frog-Cloud21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!Neem!2016 (b) BellGoldTiger84
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Dust_Shell25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “hill#lotus#dust#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedshipfern44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corntoastkite23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “password79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Meera_Lake_13” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine#neem#mango#57 (b) lakeriverpearl78
- 30.🔐 “Password.Corn74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#Pearl#2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “FernTentPond77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “tenttigership20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “river-cloud-chai-19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudgoldpearlbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverwheelpearlsand (b) Boat-Lake-Hill88
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “dustfrogneem34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 40.🔐 “Plum.64” 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
Answer key
- weak
- Bell-Brick-Wheel23
- drum-pearl-cloud-20
- 3
- 15
- strong
- brick@leaf@tiger@24
- 14
- ShipShellRiver41
- 14
- FernVineNeem56
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- others can guess it
- 3
- weak
- strong
- strong
- BellGoldTiger84
- 18
- strong
- 4
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 10
- has a name or year
- vine#neem#mango#57
- has a common word
- 4
- strong
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 1
- Boat-Lake-Hill88
- 14
- 12
- shorter than 12
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