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) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Moon19 (b) rain-river-chai-24
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelwolfseednest (b) cloud!kite!sand!50
- 4.🔐 Is “NeemSeedCorn62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Diya@Kite@45” 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
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 “Meera!Wolf!21” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “GoldLotusBell20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “hill_ship_neem_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “LotusSandSeed21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Drum!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Tiger_Dust_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlakefern78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Hill.Leaf.2010” 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
- 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 18.🔐 Is “FernMangoLake51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “drumdustseed76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “chaidrumlotus51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 “Password.Leaf63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastPondFern58 (b) Ananya!Rain!81
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “plumleafnestlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite#lamp#chai#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “fern_vine_hill_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “shelllamppond55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Tent.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-seed-fern-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Frog55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “brickfernleafriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “ToastHillCorn67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Nest#Seed#Toast50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Mango-Brick11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Brick-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “sandnestfrograin” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldMangoToast28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “plumwheeltigerbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 12
- rain-river-chai-24
- cloud!kite!sand!50
- strong
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 2
- strong
- 13
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- 3
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- ToastPondFern58
- 17
- 3
- strong
- 15
- 2
- 14
- 18
- 14
- 3
- 18
- 7
- strong
- strong
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 19
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