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 kinds of characters does “VineMangoGold28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestKiteRiver35 (b) Chai-69
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_Neem_Frog35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “goldshipcloud30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Tiger@55 (b) Tiger@Toast@Kite70
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Nest.Boat13 (b) rivertentdrumgold
- 8.🔐 “Rohan!Shell!45” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Letmein_Sand24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “iloveyou59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Toast_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “welcome20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “sandhillkite23” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Nisha#River#89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan!Moon!47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Letmein-Leaf73” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “cornvinefrog16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 20.🔐 Is “Nest-Chai-Lamp16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Seed-Lamp81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellPondFern36 (b) Chai_69
- 23.🔐 “Plum-Sand-2015” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Tent@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “kiteplumrain74” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “tentbellpondfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Bell61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Vihaan@Toast@61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Fern85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger.Boat.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_77 (b) drum@lamp@wheel@81
- 33.🔐 “frogmangoplum31” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “ChaiBoatSeed38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Welcome-Brick84” 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
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Hill@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Tent@Dust18 (b) Aarav_Pond_36
Answer key
- 3
- NestKiteRiver35
- 16
- others can guess it
- 15
- Tiger@Toast@Kite70
- Hill.Nest.Boat13
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 3
- 12
- strong
- 16
- ShellPondFern36
- has a name or year
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- drum@lamp@wheel@81
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a common word
- in your head
- 7
- 4
- risky
- Leaf@Tent@Dust18
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