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 “Tiger#Pond#Lotus55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondwheelboatkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Aarav-Boat-49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔐 “mangobellrain74” 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
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “sandponddust51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bricksandbell64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand!kite!lamp!72 (b) sandtoasttent35
- 10.🔐 “Qwerty.River60” 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
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “River@Tiger@Lamp48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Neem#Tent25 (b) cloudmoonpearl17
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Tiger-Tent57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainLotusMoon25 (b) riverdustshell26
- 16.🔐 Is “cloud-gold-seed-82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🗝️ 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
- 18.🔐 Is “DrumBrickSeed62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “welcome59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “chaidrumlotustent” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔐 “drumgoldlotus12” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “password82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Fern_Pond70 (b) dustvineboat80
- 25.🔐 “Saanvi_Corn_77” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river_toast_rain_81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Lake.26” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Tara2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastrivervine66 (b) ShellMoonShip71
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “LotusShipFern82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_river_lake_45 (b) frogmangowheelplum
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “sandleafneemboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “iloveyou89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Shell.Lake.Fern37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “fernlampchaiwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Mango!Bell!Lotus74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumdrumboatlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- 1
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 14
- others can guess it
- 2
- sand!kite!lamp!72
- has a common word
- 12
- 18
- Fern#Neem#Tent25
- 17
- RainLotusMoon25
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Vine_Fern_Pond70
- has a name or year
- 8
- 7
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- ShellMoonShip71
- 4
- strong
- pond_river_lake_45
- 16
- weak
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 1
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