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.🔐 “Ananya#Frog#13” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “CloudLotusHill45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Moon-55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 5.🔐 Is “plumferncloud52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudNestTiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “riverneemship59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Cloud.Seed70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “gold!fern!cloud!85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogchailotus26 (b) PlumBellTiger18
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerCloudFrog32 (b) bellhillvineshell
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon_Boat_Plum72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillseedkitewolf (b) BrickNeemMango33
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Gold-Brick77 (b) Admin@Wheel24
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Sand_Lotus89 (b) Shell.Pearl.2017
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “sand!seed!lotus!71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Ship@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Plum_Lake11 (b) toastdrumpond40
- 25.🔐 Is “Drum_Lake_Lotus58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Pearl76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “toast!leaf!nest!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password11 (b) Chai@Bell@Corn21
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Boat#Tiger#2010” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Nest@Hill18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Brick@84” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “drum#tent#shell#80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Nest_70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumCornShell54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Vine@10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuspearlfrograin (b) kite#brick#lamp#73
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Tent#Corn51 (b) Nisha2012
- 39.🔐 “Welcome_Cloud68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “chai.pearl.lake.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- 12
- weak
- 16
- in your head
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 7
- strong
- PlumBellTiger18
- TigerCloudFrog32
- 16
- 4
- 3
- BrickNeemMango33
- others can guess it
- Lotus-Gold-Brick77
- Shell_Sand_Lotus89
- 18
- 4
- Toast_Plum_Lake11
- strong
- 16
- 18
- Chai@Bell@Corn21
- 9
- has a name or year
- 17
- shorter than 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
- weak
- kite#brick#lamp#73
- Lamp#Tent#Corn51
- has a common word
- 18
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