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.🗝️ 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
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Sand28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 6.🔐 Is “Shell-Brick-Chai37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Bell_Moon56 (b) welcome64
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudsandnest49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Wolf22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestchaileaf55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Mango-Tiger21 (b) iloveyou85
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Pond26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Hill.Kite75 (b) mangobelllampwolf
- 15.🔐 “hillmoonnestgold” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlChaiCorn19 (b) pondfrogmoonnest
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoCornBoat46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Moon@2013 (b) vine!mango!bell!53
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Moon_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 22.🔐 Is “Rohan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raintentseedfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerSandTent72 (b) hillseedmangofrog
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Rain-2018 (b) moon-pearl-ship-58
- 27.🔐 “Letmein_Lamp68” 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
- 28.🔐 “belldrumpond80” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogBellBoat45 (b) Cloud#12
- 30.🔐 Is “Kite@Pearl@Tiger88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “lamp.moon.brick.46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Cloud23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “boat@seed@frog@28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “lakedrummango25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem!Shell!Fern32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Plum!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Mango-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- in your head
- 13
- 3
- 3
- 12
- strong
- Dust_Bell_Moon56
- 15
- 14
- 2
- 2
- Neem-Mango-Tiger21
- 13
- Nest.Hill.Kite75
- fewer than 3 kinds
- PearlChaiCorn19
- 15
- 9
- vine!mango!bell!53
- 4
- emojis
- weak
- 1
- TigerSandTent72
- risky
- moon-pearl-ship-58
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- FrogBellBoat45
- strong
- strong
- 13
- 17
- weak
- 15
- 4
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 3
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