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 “Gold-Tiger-Lotus52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Admin!Tent72” 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
- 3.🎂 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Plum-77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Chai#Tiger#Kite17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “hilltoastlotuskite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “DustRiverLotus32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastcloudbellcorn (b) Leaf-Cloud-Sand12
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Leaf-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedMangoNeem49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Tent-Frog74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Gold#Rain#2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellsandcloud25 (b) rain!fern!river!12
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “iloveyou69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “Pearl.Sand.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty19 (b) SeedLeafKite30
- 20.🔐 Is “belldrumwheel28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “corn.toast.pond.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Chai_12” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Corn15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Shell!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Lake80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@rain@mango@18 (b) Admin@Nest41
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “raintentfern33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “goldtoastpearlcloud” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Lamp56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellVineNest48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Wolf_Lamp_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldrainlotuswolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “plumwheeltoast89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Sand!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Drum82 (b) Pond.Seed.Cloud26
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lake.vine.wolf.14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Password#Ship36” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VinePearlCloud70 (b) brickcornhill43
- 40.🔐 “rivernestneemdust” 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
Answer key
- 4
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- weak
- strong
- Leaf-Cloud-Sand12
- 9
- weak
- 3
- 12
- 16
- has a name or year
- rain!fern!river!12
- 9
- weak
- weak
- SeedLeafKite30
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 12
- weak
- 4
- in your head
- cloud@rain@mango@18
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 1
- 16
- 4
- Pond.Seed.Cloud26
- 17
- has a common word
- VinePearlCloud70
- fewer than 3 kinds
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