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.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldBellWolf65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Nest55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “moonneemkitewolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Qwerty_Frog50” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@41 (b) SeedTigerVine74
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai#Hill#2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty.River27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “Aarav2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaicloudhillneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Drum.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.60 (b) wheel_sand_fern_11
- 15.🔐 Is “Lake.Fern.2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “brick!lamp!sand!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentchaisandleaf (b) River@Plum@Pond36
- 18.🔐 Is “Corn!Moon!Shell30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Gold!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Fern.Lake.Lamp76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Pond@50 (b) NeemRiverNest52
- 25.🔐 “Diya#Kite#56” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampSeedPond21 (b) Password#Sand25
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatPondDust43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Bell64 (b) gold#cloud#brick#75
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “tentwheelcloudvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2008 (b) shell-lotus-cloud-87
- 32.🔐 Is “sand!moon!cloud!74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “drumwolfmoonlotus” 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
- 34.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Brick-86” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotoastcorntent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “boatseedwolf80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 14
- 7
- 4
- 16
- has a common word
- 3
- risky
- SeedTigerVine74
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 1
- 4
- wheel_sand_fern_11
- weak
- strong
- River@Plum@Pond36
- strong
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- 7
- 2
- NeemRiverNest52
- has a name or year
- LampSeedPond21
- 3
- gold#cloud#brick#75
- 18
- 12
- shell-lotus-cloud-87
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- 10
- shorter than 12
- 9
- 1
- 3
- 14
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