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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Lotus.Lake41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “river.kite.wheel.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “plum.drum.toast.51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Lotus@14” 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
- 6.🔐 “Pearl@Brick@2015” 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
- 7.🔐 “chaiseedmoonmango” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “ship#hill#lotus#30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillFernDrum19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Pearl#Chai52 (b) Pond-29
- 12.🔐 Is “Neem-Wolf-Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 14.🔐 Is “CloudDrumBrick74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 16.🔐 Is “letmein87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 18.🔐 Is “lotusmoonshell20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Leaf-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@58 (b) kite@seed@brick@36
- 21.🎂 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentnestrain26 (b) Fern#Leaf#Lotus48
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonmangolotus40 (b) CloudTigerSand54
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogLeafLamp24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “admin69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Rohan!Lamp!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Kite-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Diya-Lamp-19” 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
- 31.🔐 “boatfrogneemnest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 32.🔐 “Pearl.Rain.2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-seed-mango-52 (b) iloveyou57
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuskiteshell68 (b) ChaiLampNeem78
- 35.🔐 Is “cloudbrickmangoriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Nest#Wolf#Pond79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldMangoHill36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Toast!78 (b) Corn.Gold.Vine45
- 39.🔐 “Lake_69” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandCloudWheel70 (b) Iloveyou.Mango36
Answer key
- 12
- 4
- strong
- 18
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 3
- Toast#Pearl#Chai52
- strong
- 3
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- weak
- kite@seed@brick@36
- others can guess it
- 2
- Fern#Leaf#Lotus48
- CloudTigerSand54
- 14
- 7
- weak
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- lamp-seed-mango-52
- ChaiLampNeem78
- weak
- strong
- 15
- Corn.Gold.Vine45
- shorter than 12
- SandCloudWheel70
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