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) tigerfernwheel29 (b) Seed.Shell.Wolf57
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentwheelchaibrick (b) Neem#Moon#Toast87
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellwheelcorn46 (b) rain-kite-frog-45
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Pearl.2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Moon27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Wolf_Tent12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 9.🔐 Is “letmein19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 11.🔐 Is “pondrainboat21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “PlumBoatBrick78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “Drum!52” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumFernLotus16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteDrumWheel80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “VineCornKite33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun@Gold@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.36 (b) HillBellNeem65
- 19.🔐 Is “qwerty29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “sandmangobellplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Admin-Lotus44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “corn@sand@leaf@25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “nestrivertent32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 “wolfrainship24” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Rohan#Lamp#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickShellBell50 (b) welcome64
- 27.🔐 Is “Wheel-Rain-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun-Lamp-15 (b) PlumChaiPond45
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!Drum34 (b) RiverKiteWheel48
- 31.🔐 Is “neemsandtentrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “dusttoastlamp70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Welcome@Drum25” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf@kite@moon@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Brick.Lake82 (b) Aarav-Rain-70
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “rainneemboat70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Toast-Rain-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Is “Rain-Plum-Sand21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
Answer key
- Seed.Shell.Wolf57
- 12
- Neem#Moon#Toast87
- rain-kite-frog-45
- 4
- 13
- 4
- in your head
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 15
- strong
- 4
- HillBellNeem65
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- BrickShellBell50
- weak
- 9
- PlumChaiPond45
- RiverKiteWheel48
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- weak
- 3
- Toast.Brick.Lake82
- 14
- has a name or year
- strong
- 3
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