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 “sandvinepearl51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Saanvi.Wolf.32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Cloud-Shell-Mango20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Drum_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Rohan.Rain.61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!River!Hill24 (b) Letmein-Cloud42
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Leaf@Frog35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.80 (b) shell-sand-dust-60
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-21 (b) BellCloudWheel74
- 13.🔐 Is “Tent!Boat!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Brick#Ship#Seed27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Boat-Lotus73 (b) Meera2014
- 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 17.🔐 Is “hilllampship53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🗝️ 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
- 19.🔐 “Kite!Shell!2015” 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
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemMoonCorn56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Sand#39” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine#33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty_Leaf61” 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
- 25.🔐 “cornriverbrick29” 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlBrickWheel56 (b) Hill-24
- 29.🔐 “Corn_Tent_2017” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Wolf_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafLotusWolf62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp#gold#ship#45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Corn#Frog#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumchailampriver (b) Dust!Fern!Corn15
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinecloudbellcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed#pond#boat#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBrickPond18 (b) Ship@Neem@2016
- 38.🔐 Is “toast#pond#neem#29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “hilltigershellpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Password_Kite70” 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
Answer key
- 2
- weak
- has a name or year
- 9
- strong
- 14
- has a name or year
- 12
- Ship!River!Hill24
- 16
- shell-sand-dust-60
- BellCloudWheel74
- weak
- strong
- Chai-Boat-Lotus73
- 3
- weak
- in your head
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 2
- PearlBrickWheel56
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 3
- weak
- Dust!Fern!Corn15
- 1
- 3
- LotusBrickPond18
- strong
- 18
- has a common word
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