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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivershipdrumlotus (b) WolfChaiCloud75
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill-41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentboatshiphill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Neem@Ship44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Lamp11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogLeafShip79 (b) Pearl-62
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.dust.lake.13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “ShellShipDrum85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “River-68” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Brick24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Lamp@Wheel@2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerkitelampbell (b) Lamp@Wheel@Chai63
- 14.🔐 “Bell.Tiger.2017” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-16 (b) PondLotusMango73
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumSandRain31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty37 (b) River.Plum.Lake30
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudpondbellwheel (b) LampMangoCloud35
- 19.🔐 Is “CornPondBell47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondRainFern37 (b) admin77
- 22.🔐 Is “kite-gold-lamp-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Seed27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Mango@Neem39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentneemkite72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “RainChaiWheel87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Sand_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@kite@brick@71 (b) Kabir2010
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Boat.Frog57 (b) corndustdrumtiger
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 34.🔐 “Tiger.56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 Is “Dust#Vine#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp.frog.brick.50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell@53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan!Vine!24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “NestBoatNeem17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- WolfChaiCloud75
- 4
- 1
- 17
- 15
- FrogLeafShip79
- emojis
- 3
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- Lamp@Wheel@Chai63
- has a name or year
- PondLotusMango73
- 3
- River.Plum.Lake30
- LampMangoCloud35
- strong
- risky
- PondRainFern37
- strong
- 8
- 15
- 18
- in your head
- 2
- strong
- weak
- 7
- tiger@kite@brick@71
- Tiger.Boat.Frog57
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 12
- 18
- 4
- 4
- strong
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