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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “seed@sand@cloud@35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 5.🔐 Is “Welcome!Toast20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “riverneembell80” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.kite.nest.69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Lamp.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “belldrumfrog27” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “admin88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Saanvi!Drum!69” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@74 (b) Wolf#Plum#Boat59
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) cloud@wheel@lake@60
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password76 (b) kite_leaf_lake_89
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel!Kite!Vine17 (b) Rohan2009
- 16.🔐 Is “Tara-Vine-12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Neem_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Corn.2013 (b) WheelNestLake78
- 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Sand87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake.cloud.leaf.32 (b) Kite#Lamp#2016
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “brick#tiger#pond#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “admin61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “cloudneemship49” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Pond_Dust_Neem71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “BoatLakeWolf49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Vine.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Rain#Lamp#Hill22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Aarav#Neem#27” 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
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “bellseedbrick87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Letmein_Pearl16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Cloud16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “ShipVineSeed16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Letmein_Tent89” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Kite#Shell#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Shell@Drum84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Boat_36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- in your head
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- Wolf#Plum#Boat59
- cloud@wheel@lake@60
- kite_leaf_lake_89
- Wheel!Kite!Vine17
- weak
- 4
- WheelNestLake78
- weak
- lake.cloud.leaf.32
- 19
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- 14
- 8
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 15
- weak
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- 17
- shorter than 12
- 9
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