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 characters are in “River_Gold_Corn39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Moon37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “LampShipCloud51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake_Brick_Mango49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Shell@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “rain.plum.shell.10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Diya-Cloud-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangolotustiger50 (b) Vine.Wheel.Cloud43
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudHillTiger67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🗝️ 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frogpearlmangodust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!Pearl!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Lamp62 (b) ChaiLeafRiver79
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Moon20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakemoonlotusfern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Ananya.Frog.79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelseedfrog44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-71 (b) Brick#Nest#Lake35
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotustentcornboat (b) Hill@Mango@Lamp16
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-Ship-Moon74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Vine.Frog.2016” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Gold38 (b) Drum-Wheel-Toast46
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitehillvine49 (b) NestCloudDust89
- 29.🔐 Is “plum#moon#dust#65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Toast-Nest62 (b) Rohan2016
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Lotus_Neem78 (b) Tara2015
- 34.🔐 Is “frog_river_sand_76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “kite@wheel@frog@40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “shelltoastkite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “DustGoldWheel75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell!Nest!Lotus88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Brick-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2012 (b) TigerDrumCorn84
Answer key
- 17
- risky
- 4
- 13
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 7
- strong
- weak
- Vine.Wheel.Cloud43
- 3
- in your head
- 18
- 4
- ChaiLeafRiver79
- 4
- 4
- 1
- weak
- 15
- others can guess it
- Brick#Nest#Lake35
- Hill@Mango@Lamp16
- 16
- has a name or year
- Drum-Wheel-Toast46
- NestCloudDust89
- strong
- Wheel-Toast-Nest62
- 9
- 3
- Gold_Lotus_Neem78
- strong
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 17
- 4
- TigerDrumCorn84
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