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 characters are in “Admin#Moon83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Password-Kite21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Vine-Seed-2014” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangodustfernnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “shellmoonwolfleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan#Tiger#11 (b) pond_shell_seed_22
- 7.🔐 Is “lotus@mango@gold@85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “tenttoastdustfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🗝️ 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@33 (b) RainKiteShip36
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampmooncorn79 (b) corn.wolf.brick.21
- 12.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “neemboatship18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemvineboat41 (b) Pond-Kite-River44
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Vine@Dust53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestdustmoongold (b) Toast!Seed!Vine61
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 18.🔐 “Cloud-Dust-2008” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-pond-sand-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “password14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “kitedustshipmango” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf@lake@neem@77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “moon#tiger#drum#17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogpearlbell28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Ship.River.2018” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Plum_76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Chai_Dust12 (b) cornwheelshell83
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick_lotus_toast_86 (b) Cloud.41
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vineplumfroggold (b) Frog!River!Shell84
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold_moon_drum_20 (b) sandnestlotuschai
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Nest!Drum60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Kabir!Mango!59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondLampGold59 (b) Password-Gold77
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Bell@Gold88 (b) password39
- 40.🔐 “Welcome-Shell31” 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
Answer key
- 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- 1
- weak
- pond_shell_seed_22
- strong
- weak
- in your head
- RainKiteShip36
- corn.wolf.brick.21
- weak
- 14
- Pond-Kite-River44
- 4
- Toast!Seed!Vine61
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 9
- 9
- 2
- 17
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- 2
- 8
- has a name or year
- weak
- Fern_Chai_Dust12
- brick_lotus_toast_86
- others can guess it
- Frog!River!Shell84
- gold_moon_drum_20
- 4
- has a name or year
- PondLampGold59
- Shell@Bell@Gold88
- has a common word
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