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 “Welcome-Lamp33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitegoldferncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 4.🔐 Is “Rain.Seed.Toast75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Drum-59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Wheel@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “River!Lake!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “vinetoastmangowheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Cloud-84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Lamp#13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “hillleafneem17” 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.🔐 Is “Drum.Tiger.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeWolfFrog88 (b) Tiger.73
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Toast@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara_Hill_49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “moon#rain#gold#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Vine.Kite.2015” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastTigerPearl10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Fern.Lamp60 (b) kitetoastdrum34
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickvinemoonlotus (b) FrogDustRiver86
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 23.🔐 Is “Drum-Kite-Lotus26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonLotusGold49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “welcome39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “LampLakeShip40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “riverlotuslamp49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “laketigertentbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Hill_Cloud15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “RainSeedWheel11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp#pearl#rain#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “fern-vine-neem-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Password!Brick88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “leafnestboatsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password22 (b) DrumCloudChai41
Answer key
- 4
- 1
- others can guess it
- strong
- 4
- weak
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- LakeWolfFrog88
- 15
- 4
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- 3
- Brick.Fern.Lamp60
- FrogDustRiver86
- 12
- strong
- emojis
- 15
- weak
- 14
- weak
- 18
- 4
- strong
- 3
- strong
- weak
- 16
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 9
- DrumCloudChai41
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