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 kinds of characters does “vine-fern-kite-43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Chai-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 “Ananya@Pearl@24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerwolfriver26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-drum-brick-50 (b) Vihaan2009
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi!Drum!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Corn-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Frog56 (b) Toast#River#Frog58
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “vinesandbrick88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Mango#42” 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
- 14.🔐 “Lamp!66” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “LotusWolfCloud22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Leaf@16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Seed23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “frog-drum-lake-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Wheel@Shell@Mango41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Frog!Boat57 (b) Kite!Fern!2009
- 24.🔐 Is “Pond#Tiger#Wheel79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Ishaan-Cloud-75” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Pond-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerLotusPlum15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “shellbrickfrogdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Frog66 (b) Frog@River@Pearl42
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernChaiBell37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentlakewolfdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumBellFern65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Drum!89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustSeedBoat68 (b) toastcloudhill57
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Brick#25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “drumplumtoast78” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “River.Boat.Sand61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “seed-lamp-ship-53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 16
- frog-drum-brick-50
- 4
- 4
- Toast#River#Frog58
- 15
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 10
- strong
- 2
- weak
- 15
- strong
- strong
- risky
- Seed!Frog!Boat57
- strong
- has a name or year
- 13
- emojis
- 16
- weak
- Frog@River@Pearl42
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 4
- DustSeedBoat68
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
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