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.🔐 Is “Toast.Moon.Pearl24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “password78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Wheel-2013 (b) BrickFrogRain66
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-35 (b) ShellToastTiger57
- 6.🔐 Is “Lamp_Nest_Plum12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Corn@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “boatbellkite35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan@Lake@42 (b) Fern.Tent.Toast25
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “River@Kite@2017” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangolakerivercloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Drum-Shell-2018” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Admin_Tiger85” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Corn_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2012 (b) lotus#boat#shell#69
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 23.🔐 Is “iloveyou81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty67 (b) Gold!Pearl!Vine22
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drummoonchai89 (b) tent_lotus_wheel_36
- 26.🔐 “rivershipfrogseed” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi_Wolf_69 (b) KiteFrogPond12
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2017 (b) Pearl.Boat.River86
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Toast66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum@Wheel@Plum76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “sandwolfbrick51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) Boat@Mango@Lamp24
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastpondriver29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Boat#Kite35 (b) sandkiterainplum
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “tentneemmangoshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Kite!Mango27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “password67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Seed_Corn_2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 10
- emojis
- BrickFrogRain66
- ShellToastTiger57
- strong
- 14
- weak
- Fern.Tent.Toast25
- 3
- has a name or year
- 1
- has a name or year
- 9
- has a common word
- 3
- 12
- 4
- weak
- 3
- lotus#boat#shell#69
- others can guess it
- weak
- Gold!Pearl!Vine22
- tent_lotus_wheel_36
- fewer than 3 kinds
- KiteFrogPond12
- Pearl.Boat.River86
- 4
- in your head
- 17
- 15
- Boat@Mango@Lamp24
- 2
- Nest#Boat#Kite35
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- weak
- weak
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