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 “Seed!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 3.🔐 Is “dust.seed.wheel.53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Boat.Gold.Tent41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedleafhill87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “frogsandwolftiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellplumpondwolf (b) wheel_gold_bell_28
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast@Sand@Nest27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog.pond.seed.26 (b) Leaf_54
- 11.🔐 “Welcome.Tiger22” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Tara2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “vinewolffern14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “TentBrickChai59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!ship!cloud!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast.river.ship.45 (b) boattigerpearlrain
- 21.🔐 “Vine-44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “admin62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLeafCorn65 (b) password77
- 24.🔐 Is “MoonLakeNeem30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “toastfroghillsand” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Pond.Dust54 (b) Qwerty#Rain33
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 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) Nest_Rain_Lake26 (b) toastlotusdrum55
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Vine24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatToastMango32 (b) Drum_Leaf_2012
- 34.🔐 Is “wolf#lake#bell#62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Cloud-49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedmangolotusboat (b) BoatChaiToast63
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Frog!Vine76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Gold!Mango20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Kabir@Bell@23” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 7
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 2
- weak
- wheel_gold_bell_28
- 4
- frog.pond.seed.26
- has a common word
- weak
- 14
- 7
- 7
- 15
- risky
- 9
- 3
- toast.river.ship.45
- shorter than 12
- 7
- FernLeafCorn65
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Wolf.Pond.Dust54
- 3
- 3
- 12
- in your head
- Nest_Rain_Lake26
- 4
- BoatToastMango32
- strong
- shorter than 12
- BoatChaiToast63
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
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