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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornrainchaiwheel (b) vine!wheel!seed!18
- 2.🔐 Is “Saanvi2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Kite@Brick@2009” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “corndrumpondcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “bell#moon#lake#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Rain85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!bell!brick!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “lakekiteriver50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi_Moon_71 (b) Lake-Brick-Leaf68
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest@lotus@wheel@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-80 (b) drum-moon-lake-12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein37 (b) bell-lotus-seed-22
- 13.🔐 “Iloveyou!Wheel49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya#Fern#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “Welcome@Seed36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!Cloud!Seed84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf@river@sand@67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoDrumRiver17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “corn#frog#tent#79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “TentGoldTiger22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl#20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “frogdrumneemwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Fern.Wolf.2009” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “rivermoonkitetiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Kite.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldcloudshell86 (b) RainTigerShip14
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellneemtigerlotus (b) seed#sand#leaf#33
- 33.🔐 Is “lotussandfern62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverFrogCloud10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Lotus12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Iloveyou!River45” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “CloudCornSand86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “ShellCloudPond32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Aarav-Cloud-36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- vine!wheel!seed!18
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- 14
- 3
- 15
- Lake-Brick-Leaf68
- 3
- drum-moon-lake-12
- bell-lotus-seed-22
- has a common word
- 4
- weak
- in your head
- 17
- 18
- 3
- 3
- strong
- strong
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- 7
- 18
- 4
- others can guess it
- risky
- RainTigerShip14
- seed#sand#leaf#33
- weak
- 3
- 16
- 7
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
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