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 “cornriversand12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Chai-27” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Chai82 (b) Kite_Sand_Fern83
- 4.🔐 Is “hill@cloud@bell@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakedustleaf86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Letmein.Frog78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Lake-Wheel-Vine63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 9.🔐 “Plum-42” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipshellcorn18 (b) Ship@Chai@Cloud89
- 11.🔐 Is “Corn_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “pearlnestcloud79” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Seed41 (b) corn.mango.frog.51
- 15.🔐 Is “qwerty23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “letmein10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “lotusmoonrain33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondwheelwolf89 (b) tent-lamp-bell-25
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerfernbellpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Iloveyou-Dust19” 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 “GoldKitePond49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#36 (b) bell@lake@frog@50
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 24.🔐 “Diya@Neem@51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Rain.Plum77 (b) Admin.Kite59
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainToastDust48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Leaf_Wheel49 (b) fernnesttent65
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.River.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Rain87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “LeafHillDrum40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlkiteshellmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Admin_Gold12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔐 Is “sand!wolf!frog!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell.drum.toast.81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “seedtentshellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Hill#Seed51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@sand@fern@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 15
- shorter than 12
- Kite_Sand_Fern83
- strong
- 2
- weak
- strong
- 12
- shorter than 12
- Ship@Chai@Cloud89
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- corn.mango.frog.51
- weak
- weak
- weak
- tent-lamp-bell-25
- 17
- has a common word
- 3
- bell@lake@frog@50
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- Sand.Rain.Plum77
- 3
- 3
- 3
- Drum_Leaf_Wheel49
- 14
- in your head
- 12
- strong
- 1
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- 18
- 4
- 18
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