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.🔐 “Bell.74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Cloud82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “chailakefern75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinenestmoon28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Moon81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!Boat!Leaf75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonleaflampmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Qwerty.Vine27” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Moon_2013 (b) corn#fern#plum#32
- 11.🔐 Is “Leaf#Nest#Lake34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick#Cloud#2011 (b) cloud#wheel#pond#24
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 14.🔐 Is “Mango@Seed@2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Vine#81 (b) ChaiBrickNeem77
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteDustShip53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldNestShip65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “riversandrainwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Is “sand#toast#kite#44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick@Moon@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango!pond!plum!28 (b) raincornseed85
- 24.🔐 Is “sand.wolf.river.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “vinelampboatnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Seed!Wheel!2017” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Vine-Cloud71 (b) shipbellcornfrog
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “password64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-Tent-Neem47 (b) Pond#Sand#2017
- 33.🔐 Is “Chai_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Neem.Mango21 (b) Hill-Dust-2015
- 35.🔐 Is “cloud.nest.ship.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite!Tiger!Seed51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_Mango_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “sandneemlampshell” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “drumtigerneempearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 17
- 1
- has a common word
- 2
- corn#fern#plum#32
- strong
- cloud#wheel#pond#24
- emojis
- weak
- 2
- ChaiBrickNeem77
- 14
- in your head
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- mango!pond!plum!28
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- Boat-Vine-Cloud71
- 3
- 10
- 9
- Mango-Tent-Neem47
- weak
- Gold.Neem.Mango21
- strong
- 17
- 2
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
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