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 kinds of characters does “Corn!Leaf!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite!frog!corn!69 (b) Sand#Wheel#2018
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeTigerDust71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed#Chai#Tiger17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Tent_Tiger49 (b) pondchaiwheellotus
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Sand#47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Letmein!Rain22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf!drum!cloud!28 (b) Kite-Cloud-2009
- 10.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Hill20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “nest-pearl-plum-61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “PlumDustWheel81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neembellfrogcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Lotus-Tent64 (b) boatshiptentriver
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “frogshellcornpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Seed.2013 (b) Wolf.Lamp.Ship84
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@pearl@drum@36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Corn@Boat85 (b) nestfernpondcorn
- 22.🔐 “Rohan#River#37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!Mango!Corn32 (b) plumrainnest69
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “rain#lotus#fern#38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Seed.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Leaf-Tiger-Fern83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-88 (b) Gold.Pearl.Hill35
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Seed-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Fern@51” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Corn-2013 (b) SandCornLotus16
- 32.🔐 “mangolotusplum59” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfFernLeaf40 (b) nestshellfroglamp
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “fernsanddrum65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!73 (b) Tent!Mango!Boat83
- 36.🔐 “Mango_Lake_2011” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Frog58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Gold_Corn_River22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_tent_lamp_25 (b) Meera#Mango#11
- 40.🔐 Is “ship-sand-leaf-50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- kite!frog!corn!69
- 3
- 17
- Shell_Tent_Tiger49
- 4
- weak
- emojis
- leaf!drum!cloud!28
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 1
- Kite-Lotus-Tent64
- in your head
- 9
- 18
- Wolf.Lamp.Ship84
- 19
- 4
- Leaf@Corn@Boat85
- has a name or year
- Boat!Mango!Corn32
- 10
- strong
- 4
- strong
- Gold.Pearl.Hill35
- 13
- shorter than 12
- SandCornLotus16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- WolfFernLeaf40
- 14
- Tent!Mango!Boat83
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- pond_tent_lamp_25
- strong
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