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) drum_tiger_nest_49 (b) Dust_Sand_2008
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 3.🔐 “plumneemriver14” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat-mango-cloud-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Cloud35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-River-Lake22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Welcome!Vine38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Gold50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Diya#Plum#34” 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
- 10.🎂 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
- 11.🔐 “Meera-Neem-19” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Bell.67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frogwheelcloud62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Rain52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Leaf@Kite@Ship64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldChaiShip58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Tent!23” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Password!Bell11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “mango-neem-nest-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelchaileafdust (b) Rain@Neem@Wheel86
- 23.🔐 “Hill-Frog-2011” 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
- 24.🗝️ 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandShellCloud20 (b) Lamp#Leaf#2009
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-seed-leaf-17 (b) Tiger#53
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Bell66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “cloudnestlaketiger” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Admin#Dust86” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Vine#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Wheel.25” 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
- 36.🔐 “Aarav@Seed@35” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Bell22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogcloudlake77 (b) NestWolfMango61
Answer key
- drum_tiger_nest_49
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- 4
- weak
- 13
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 13
- 3
- 16
- 12
- strong
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 18
- risky
- Rain@Neem@Wheel86
- has a name or year
- in your head
- SandShellCloud20
- 4
- tent-seed-leaf-17
- 4
- weak
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- has a common word
- 12
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 14
- 7
- 9
- NestWolfMango61
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