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) Kite@Ship@Wolf63 (b) seedfrognest17
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipRiverPearl71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Lamp-Bell-2009” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldBoatSeed29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Aarav_Plum_39” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “password84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “pond#moon#brick#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “FernLeafLake64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “Frog_72” 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
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Tiger53 (b) Moon.Ship.Kite19
- 14.🔐 Is “vine@nest@sand@10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfCloudFrog56 (b) cloudchaishell37
- 16.🔐 Is “Pearl_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “dustlamplake27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.River.48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Dust!River62 (b) Vine@Wolf@2011
- 20.🔐 Is “letmein25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Corn#Sand#Kite52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonWheelTent40 (b) Aarav2009
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumRiverToast33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Fern@81 (b) MangoPlumRain69
- 25.🔐 Is “CornDrumPearl52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedRiverShell36 (b) wolfcorngold33
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 28.🔐 “Pearl#32” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-88 (b) Pearl.Mango.Tiger22
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverCloudHill41 (b) Letmein_Drum31
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudfroghill66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “River@Boat@2011” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “DrumKitePlum25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.45 (b) Sand.Hill.Seed63
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemgoldtiger74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “boat_sand_lotus_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
Answer key
- Kite@Ship@Wolf63
- 12
- 8
- 16
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- 10
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- Moon.Ship.Kite19
- strong
- WolfCloudFrog56
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Cloud!Dust!River62
- weak
- strong
- MoonWheelTent40
- 3
- MangoPlumRain69
- strong
- SeedRiverShell36
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 2
- in your head
- Pearl.Mango.Tiger22
- RiverCloudHill41
- 2
- has a name or year
- strong
- 8
- Sand.Hill.Seed63
- 2
- strong
- emojis
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