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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 2.🗝️ 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou39 (b) ChaiTentDust43
- 4.🔐 Is “BellPearlFern20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Shell.80” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@drum@chai@52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainMangoPlum47 (b) Qwerty.Bell17
- 9.🔐 Is “FernDrumLotus39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “PondWheelSand89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “lake.sand.drum.18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Welcome_Rain47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 Is “toast_chai_neem_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome63 (b) Brick.Hill.Tent70
- 16.🔐 Is “sand!moon!plum!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Drum52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Lamp-Boat-2015” 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
- 19.🔐 “Ananya!Rain!61” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinepearlneemlotus (b) tiger_wolf_brick_19
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Lotus72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “brickdustwolfsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 25.🔐 “Letmein-Kite57” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Vine@River@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai@Seed@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “toastkitecornwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 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.🔐 Is “Ship!Toast!Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Corn#69 (b) BrickSeedWheel32
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav!River!61 (b) tiger_plum_frog_38
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Lake52 (b) ship!brick!sand!62
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Frog.Hill12 (b) tenttoastchai36
- 35.🔐 Is “nest#brick#cloud#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Lotus#Shell18 (b) sandhillfrogpond
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “dustpondplumchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Tiger@88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Is “Lotus#Drum#Shell84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- emojis
- in your head
- ChaiTentDust43
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 3
- RainMangoPlum47
- strong
- 15
- 17
- has a common word
- strong
- others can guess it
- Brick.Hill.Tent70
- strong
- 13
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- tiger_wolf_brick_19
- risky
- 4
- 17
- 12
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 3
- strong
- BrickSeedWheel32
- tiger_plum_frog_38
- ship!brick!sand!62
- Cloud.Frog.Hill12
- strong
- Rain#Lotus#Shell18
- 16
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
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