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 “cornpondgold65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 3.🔐 “Kite.36” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password85 (b) NestWolfLotus42
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBrickCloud85 (b) wheelneemlakesand
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain.hill.bell.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Sand15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain.frog.gold.83 (b) Wolf!21
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipRainKite38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Nest!Dust!Wheel68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2011 (b) CornSandChai26
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Tent20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger#brick#ship#83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Ship29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corntoastshell71 (b) Corn#Tiger#Pond67
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Shell_34 (b) Wheel@Dust@Cloud69
- 17.🔐 “lampkitemoonchai” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “RiverWolfGold25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Kite47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “plumdustpearlleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “boat@moon@neem@53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 23.🔐 Is “nest#leaf#plum#71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “PondPearlHill27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Cloud_Mango_Lamp22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Gold!Hill37 (b) Letmein.Lake74
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Cloud#2009 (b) Kite-Cloud-Toast81
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinegoldplumtoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan_Drum_30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “BellLampSeed77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 34.🔐 Is “BellDustNeem57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “pondfrogdustleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Ship.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “tiger!plum!lake!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 39.🔐 Is “Bell_Wheel_Tiger88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Shell#Tiger56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 2
- 12
- shorter than 12
- NestWolfLotus42
- BoatBrickCloud85
- 3
- 14
- rain.frog.gold.83
- 14
- strong
- CornSandChai26
- 4
- 19
- 15
- Corn#Tiger#Pond67
- Wheel@Dust@Cloud69
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 13
- 17
- 17
- emojis
- strong
- 15
- strong
- Wolf!Gold!Hill37
- Kite-Cloud-Toast81
- 8
- 1
- weak
- 2
- strong
- risky
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- 4
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