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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 2.🔐 “tentboatdustlamp” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Neem#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “rainmangotentplum” 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
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Plum@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Bell-Lake25 (b) Vine_37
- 8.🔐 “Seed_19” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Drum68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell_pearl_hill_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password43 (b) Tiger!Leaf!Rain10
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya@Lamp@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Sand46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Lake-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell-drum-plum-41 (b) password25
- 18.🔐 Is “Chai@Fern@Hill33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Drum_Moon66 (b) Rohan2016
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Gold#Boat40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-Lotus-Dust47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Boat29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Toast_Tiger_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Wolf-75” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@tent@plum@43 (b) Pond.50
- 27.🔐 “Nisha-Chai-84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 28.🔐 “Wheel-78” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Pond.2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “tigerfrogshell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “neemshellplumbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem@river@rain@49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Tiger.17” 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
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 35.🔐 “Meera-Shell-57” 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
- 36.🔐 “Kabir-Tiger-57” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “ferntoastpearl20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frogkitewolfshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Pond29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rain!hill!plum!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- 14
- Cloud-Bell-Lake25
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 7
- 10
- 3
- Tiger!Leaf!Rain10
- 4
- 4
- 14
- shell-drum-plum-41
- strong
- Brick_Drum_Moon66
- 16
- 4
- 12
- weak
- 4
- shorter than 12
- corn@tent@plum@43
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 3
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- 17
- 4
- 17
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