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 “Tara.Ship.54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!Rain!2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Lotus.20” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “tiger#lotus#tent#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Pond13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 7.🔐 “Kite-Vine-2008” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Dust-Lamp64 (b) Admin_Bell22
- 9.🔐 Is “lake_pearl_dust_41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 11.🔐 Is “drum_toast_kite_44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Kite24 (b) lotus-gold-brick-82
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “SandLeafBoat86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 17.🔐 Is “Drum@28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Leaf_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “lampmangomoon17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Fern!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Brick.76 (b) boat@nest@river@58
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.dust.hill.61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “kitetoastseedshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “pearlleafriverbrick” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond@70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan!Drum!85 (b) toast@neem@gold@70
- 27.🔐 “drumwolfneemsand” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Boat39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “froghillpearlriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “password47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “fernleafnest11” 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
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “tent-seed-brick-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Wolf@53 (b) Pearl@Kite@Moon71
- 35.🔐 Is “Vine.Lotus.Drum23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickBellRain17 (b) mangotenttoastgold
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum@fern@hill@17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Kite-42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Drum-Shell87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 12
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 4
- 12
- has a name or year
- Chai-Dust-Lamp64
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- lotus-gold-brick-82
- 14
- 10
- 2
- in your head
- weak
- 15
- weak
- 14
- boat@nest@river@58
- 3
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- toast@neem@gold@70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- 1
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 18
- Pearl@Kite@Moon71
- strong
- BrickBellRain17
- 3
- 13
- 4
- 2
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