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 “password64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “Pond#Wolf#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger_brick_shell_56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “LakeLotusDust79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Lotus27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Seed!66” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum_mango_lake_50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Qwerty-Leaf36” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Cloud.Mango10 (b) bellcorntiger10
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein64 (b) SandPearlLotus24
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Shell@Bell48 (b) Sand_11
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumCloudPond38 (b) admin25
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.Pearl.Dust18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Rain.Ship.2012” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “shellleaffrogwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Lamp!Toast!2008” 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
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellmangopond14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password17 (b) moon_lake_toast_26
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudrainbricklake (b) Dust-Tent-Pond13
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Tent_2008 (b) Frog-Lotus-Wheel48
- 24.🔐 Is “MangoRiverPlum77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “brick@seed@kite@13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-River-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!Lake!2015 (b) ship-toast-lotus-84
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “sand-seed-toast-56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Lamp_29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “dust-cloud-rain-24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf!dust!wheel!76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Neem.2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “boathillfrogfern” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Tara2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “Corn#Lamp#Wolf51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “kitevinehill83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2018 (b) RainMoonCorn35
Answer key
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- strong
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 3
- has a common word
- Gold.Cloud.Mango10
- 3
- SandPearlLotus24
- 12
- Fern@Shell@Bell48
- DrumCloudPond38
- 17
- has a name or year
- 17
- has a name or year
- risky
- 2
- moon_lake_toast_26
- Dust-Tent-Pond13
- Frog-Lotus-Wheel48
- strong
- strong
- 15
- ship-toast-lotus-84
- in your head
- 18
- 14
- 2
- strong
- 3
- 7
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- RainMoonCorn35
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