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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_Neem_Tent12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Lamp-54” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Tent_Sand_Gold27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Ishaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “admin44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Kite78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaineemcloud68 (b) vine.seed.nest.85
- 9.🔐 Is “Saanvi-Corn-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “leafbrickwolfmango” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “bellgoldcloudfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “lotus#cloud#drum#44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Sand!30 (b) ChaiCloudNest20
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 16.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Dust78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMoonFern34 (b) Tent!Seed!2009
- 19.🔐 Is “Lamp.Wheel.Mango67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “seedplumshelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-Corn-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Wheel.Dust84 (b) Brick@76
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandMoonKite25 (b) Nisha2011
- 26.🔐 “Vine#Boat#2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔐 “plumtoastcorn63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 28.🔐 “shelldrumlakegold” 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.🔐 Is “FernBrickToast53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “Wheel_Kite_2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Moon.Lotus10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “vinefrogsandleaf” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#20 (b) GoldVineToast58
- 34.🔐 Is “Hill@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Vine#Wolf#Fern33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “NeemWolfVine26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Sand.Mango86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 39.🔐 Is “Tiger.74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “Kite#Ship#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 12
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 4
- vine.seed.nest.85
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- in your head
- ChaiCloudNest20
- risky
- weak
- 3
- FrogMoonFern34
- strong
- weak
- 7
- emojis
- 4
- Frog.Wheel.Dust84
- SandMoonKite25
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- GoldVineToast58
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 4
- others can guess it
- weak
- has a name or year
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