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.🔐 “fernkitepearlship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteShipLamp16 (b) Cloud!78
- 3.🔐 “cloudnestlotusfrog” 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.🔐 Is “Nest!Neem!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Ship@Drum@Nest82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Drum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “fernrainshellwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “letmein67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “KitePlumRain36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Dust#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonNestDust61 (b) goldpondhillfrog
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemMoonFern24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Ship.Hill.Kite13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl!wheel!tent!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.pond.plum.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusLeafLamp10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein32 (b) gold_kite_nest_57
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastplumlampdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Password.Shell49” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin81 (b) tiger!lake!vine!34
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumplumcloudtiger (b) Cloud@Drum@Lamp35
- 29.🔐 Is “Meera#Corn#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonbellgold63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast.tent.frog.23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-river-frog-38 (b) brickbellship84
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_Frog_Lamp22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Sand#60 (b) Mango-Neem-Shell65
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick_cloud_drum_24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-leaf-gold-43 (b) Aarav2016
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Bell#2016 (b) Shell.Tent.River18
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- KiteShipLamp16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- 13
- 17
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 10
- 2
- 4
- MoonNestDust61
- 14
- strong
- risky
- 19
- 3
- 17
- 3
- gold_kite_nest_57
- 1
- 7
- has a common word
- tiger!lake!vine!34
- Cloud@Drum@Lamp35
- weak
- 2
- 3
- toast-river-frog-38
- 2
- 4
- emojis
- Mango-Neem-Shell65
- 2
- 3
- ship-leaf-gold-43
- Shell.Tent.River18
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