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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 2.🔐 “Seed-26” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Wheel-Rain-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldwheelbrick11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “drumtentcloudlake” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “VineBoatGold22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Pearl-Chai86 (b) Aarav2010
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Wheel.Plum85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedKiteNeem33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustShellWolf32 (b) rivermoondrum14
- 11.🔐 “Kabir_Tiger_88” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!corn!boat!64 (b) password72
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.tent.sand.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Plum.Ship.2013” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Ship!Seed!Nest39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Vine@Chai@Lamp59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#fern#ship#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “lotus_moon_river_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Kite#Wheel89 (b) Sand-Kite-2014
- 22.🔐 Is “Moon.70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Frog!Plum!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_neem_tent_35 (b) Kabir-Kite-29
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “frog_ship_moon_52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Lake54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Seed-Drum67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond.Lake.Dust37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Sand-Moon53 (b) password53
- 33.🔐 Is “lamp.lake.plum.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Plum-18 (b) SeedPondPlum74
- 35.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.River13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastvine33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “plum_leaf_kite_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Cloud#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- Sand-Pearl-Chai86
- 18
- 3
- DustShellWolf32
- has a name or year
- seed!corn!boat!64
- 18
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 3
- 7
- 2
- strong
- Hill#Kite#Wheel89
- weak
- 4
- weak
- lotus_neem_tent_35
- 17
- 4
- others can guess it
- 4
- emojis
- 4
- Rain-Sand-Moon53
- strong
- SeedPondPlum74
- weak
- in your head
- 2
- 17
- weak
- 2
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