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 “Gold.Drum.Pearl42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumnestship28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Nest#Wolf38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin88 (b) sand!leaf!drum!66
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Gold.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “ChaiSeedRiver34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “Pond.82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfchairivertoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 13.🔐 Is “raintigerlakeseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “hilltentdustseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandRiverMoon28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Pearl#Seed#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Lake-Mango58 (b) Chai!Plum!2008
- 20.🔐 “Qwerty!Leaf47” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) Tiger!Bell!Lotus31
- 22.🔐 Is “Plum_Kite_Nest58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond_frog_corn_32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Ship-Tent-Boat82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password81 (b) Tent_Lamp_Sand66
- 26.🔐 Is “leaf_bell_shell_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteneemchaipond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondmangotoast63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password30 (b) Tent_Lamp_Neem89
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Tent.Chai11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Password!Sand35” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Vine!Lake21 (b) tigercornleaflake
- 34.🎂 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
- 35.🔐 Is “kite@ship@neem@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldShipLamp22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “River#17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Sand82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverDrumNest65 (b) Rohan_Hill_89
Answer key
- strong
- 2
- 16
- 3
- 2
- sand!leaf!drum!66
- 14
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 1
- risky
- weak
- 8
- weak
- in your head
- 3
- has a name or year
- Nest-Lake-Mango58
- has a common word
- Tiger!Bell!Lotus31
- strong
- 3
- strong
- Tent_Lamp_Sand66
- strong
- 16
- 2
- 4
- Tent_Lamp_Neem89
- 17
- has a common word
- Brick!Vine!Lake21
- others can guess it
- strong
- 12
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- RiverDrumNest65
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