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) Kite_Lamp_Lotus65 (b) Nest-27
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolftentshellplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “SandRiverRain16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Lake-Plum22 (b) tentlotusdust22
- 5.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel_neem_rain_79 (b) fernpondchailotus
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn#cloud#drum#37 (b) toastmoonbrickkite
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 11.🔐 “tigerlotusseedmoon” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Pond@Drum86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “rainplumlamp86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 16.🔐 Is “Neem_Chai_Wolf22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “tigerdrumlotusfrog” 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
- 18.🔐 “dustleaftentshell” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust.plum.sand.19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipLampCloud65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Password.Rain46” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Seed-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipLotusBoat63 (b) Welcome.Kite51
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Frog#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Drum@Hill@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornCloudWolf14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “mangoseeddust78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Password!Kite83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “rivernestneemchai” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai#plum#ship#81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_Tiger_Nest64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Tent@36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “DustWheelCloud37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@39 (b) Chai_Vine_Drum30
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafRiverKite11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Kite_Lamp_Lotus65
- 1
- 15
- Kite-Lake-Plum22
- weak
- others can guess it
- in your head
- wheel_neem_rain_79
- corn#cloud#drum#37
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- emojis
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 3
- has a common word
- 14
- ShipLotusBoat63
- 4
- weak
- 2
- 3
- weak
- weak
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 18
- weak
- 16
- 4
- risky
- 4
- Chai_Vine_Drum30
- 3
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