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 “RiverDrumWolf23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Wheel#Chai#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Dust.Drum86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Shell_Frog_Fern28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Password!Boat67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 8.🔐 “Kabir#Vine#69” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin55 (b) tent-bell-plum-11
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Mango54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) LotusRiverSeed58
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Drum_Shell15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Seed-64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 17.🔐 “Kite@River@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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Sand.78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔐 Is “Chai_Pond_Hill20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Welcome.Drum11” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “leafgoldbell24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “hill@lamp@bell@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Mango_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafLampShip33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “cloudriverbellwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Dust-Moon57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeRainCorn54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai.tiger.shell.68 (b) Boat!62
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteriverdrum63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Dust_58” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Neem#Fern#Seed86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “riverboatchaigold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “tentvinedustriver” 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
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Lamp.79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemSeedTiger84 (b) moonwheelrain63
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumhillcloud44 (b) SandSeedToast39
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- 16
- strong
- 7
- weak
- in your head
- has a name or year
- tent-bell-plum-11
- 9
- 13
- LotusRiverSeed58
- 3
- 17
- 4
- risky
- has a name or year
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
- has a common word
- 14
- strong
- 16
- 3
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- 14
- chai.tiger.shell.68
- 7
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 4
- NeemSeedTiger84
- SandSeedToast39
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