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) LampSeedNest13 (b) Password-Leaf88
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-lake-pond-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “chai@vine@shell@48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “password70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Dust-Pearl12 (b) tigerwheelriver77
- 10.🔐 Is “Sand-River-Pond43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Sand.53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 Is “password20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Seed-Mango-Nest30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Toast.Cloud39 (b) Iloveyou-Boat24
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#45 (b) Dust_Wheel_Tent67
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pond#brick#dust#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Welcome.Ship49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Mango-2012 (b) nest#gold#wheel#41
- 19.🔐 Is “WheelBrickPond54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonfrogshell13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “HillWolfCloud77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 “Wolf.73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@leaf@vine@23 (b) Shell_Gold_2015
- 24.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Pearl31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Pond.72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Kite-40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Kite_75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 Is “Welcome#Pond31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 31.🔐 “Frog!72” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Rain-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “seedbrickdrum57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Wolf!Lamp63 (b) corngoldboatpond
- 36.🔐 Is “Mango-Dust-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.moon.lotus.64 (b) raintentseedmango
- 38.🔐 Is “Cloud#Brick#Lake55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed#32 (b) RiverFrogWolf77
Answer key
- LampSeedNest13
- 12
- 3
- 3
- 10
- 18
- strong
- 10
- Hill-Dust-Pearl12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- Plum.Toast.Cloud39
- Dust_Wheel_Tent67
- 18
- weak
- nest#gold#wheel#41
- strong
- 2
- strong
- shorter than 12
- shell@leaf@vine@23
- weak
- 4
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- emojis
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 15
- in your head
- Plum!Wolf!Lamp63
- weak
- wheel.moon.lotus.64
- strong
- risky
- RiverFrogWolf77
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