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 “Vine.Lamp.Sand68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-Wolf-Bell23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Drum@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#Mango#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#River#Neem45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Plum@Brick@Mango14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_Ship_Boat52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Mango.Dust41 (b) Admin_Bell25
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustriverkite12 (b) tiger.wheel.sand.63
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 13.🔐 Is “Hill#Wheel#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Kite64 (b) Drum.Leaf.Sand46
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Frog44 (b) ShipLeafVine38
- 16.🔐 Is “Welcome_Sand75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Drum.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Brick-Kite19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Mango-45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 21.🔐 “Brick-41” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite!Tiger!Nest63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverwheelgold11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@chai@cloud@58 (b) Ishaan2018
- 25.🔐 Is “FrogChaiMango28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) BoatNestChai83
- 28.🔐 Is “welcome17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “brick.mango.tent.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango#lotus#moon#28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Wolf-55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Ship-71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!Lamp!Rain69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Boat@Nest@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Is “Boat-Bell-Cloud11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Pond.Drum85 (b) Iloveyou.Rain48
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine-Shell-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp_brick_lake_29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 4
- Gold.Mango.Dust41
- 7
- emojis
- tiger.wheel.sand.63
- 3
- weak
- Drum.Leaf.Sand46
- ShipLeafVine38
- weak
- 14
- 18
- 4
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 2
- tiger@chai@cloud@58
- strong
- 9
- BoatNestChai83
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 12
- 12
- in your head
- 16
- has a name or year
- strong
- Bell.Pond.Drum85
- 15
- 18
- others can guess it
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