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 “Corn.Frog.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 3.🔐 Is “LotusSandRain64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “pearlnestpond10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@57 (b) Pearl-Wheel-Mango82
- 6.🔐 Is “WheelPearlBrick19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakepondcloudkite (b) Rain.Seed.Tent22
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@Ship@Drum65 (b) lakeriverpearlcorn
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtentfern55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Cloud-Lotus80 (b) toastsandrain59
- 12.🔐 Is “Gold#Hill#2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlNestRiver11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “password69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “nest!neem!mango!57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🗝️ 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Pond@Wheel@Hill65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Gold.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “password68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 23.🔐 Is “cloud.nest.river.47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Chai.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Fern_Frog_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “vine_plum_seed_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudtoastlake21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Lamp33 (b) hill_river_toast_45
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Sand12 (b) PondPearlKite27
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine.Pearl.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Shell!Lamp!Toast25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon_52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_44 (b) Frog@Rain@Drum42
- 37.🔐 Is “PearlWolfTent89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Kite27 (b) RainHillCloud13
- 39.🔐 Is “Leaf.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- others can guess it
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Pearl-Wheel-Mango82
- strong
- Rain.Seed.Tent22
- emojis
- Lake@Ship@Drum65
- 2
- Vine-Cloud-Lotus80
- weak
- 16
- weak
- 18
- in your head
- 9
- strong
- 13
- 9
- 10
- 12
- strong
- 8
- 4
- weak
- 9
- 17
- 2
- risky
- hill_river_toast_45
- PondPearlKite27
- 15
- strong
- 7
- Frog@Rain@Drum42
- strong
- RainHillCloud13
- weak
- 4
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