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.🔐 “Aarav@Lamp@86” 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
- 2.🔐 “Gold!15” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Pond!Leaf80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “boatcloudpondkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickMangoDust15 (b) Ship!18
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Bell69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Corn.65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Kite!2015 (b) LeafMoonMango28
- 9.🔐 Is “tentcornchai50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Frog@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 15.🔐 “pearlshelltigerseed” 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
- 16.🔐 “shellneemkite44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Vine@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Wheel45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentpearlwolf13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond.Leaf.Neem37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Wheel!62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Fern.58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Corn!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “PearlLeafLamp33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Lake_50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Tent.Mango.2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 28.🔐 “Lake_Kite_2017” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Lotus@33 (b) mango!brick!plum!84
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#Frog#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.dust.boat.12 (b) Tiger_22
- 32.🔐 Is “kitewolfshellriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerrainbrick85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitetentsanddrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Lamp!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumbellpond74 (b) gold.lake.chai.22
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chai#dust#tiger#23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou82 (b) DrumChaiLotus17
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
Answer key
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 16
- 17
- BrickMangoDust15
- 4
- shorter than 12
- LeafMoonMango28
- weak
- 9
- 14
- 3
- 4
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 15
- 2
- 16
- weak
- weak
- 10
- weak
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- mango!brick!plum!84
- 14
- tent.dust.boat.12
- weak
- 16
- 8
- 1
- 4
- gold.lake.chai.22
- 18
- DrumChaiLotus17
- others can guess it
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