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 “WolfLampDrum31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “KiteFrogDrum36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumhillcloudlotus (b) LakeMangoWolf46
- 4.🔐 “brickshipdrumboat” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine-plum-cloud-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Meera.Lake.53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!Frog!Lamp17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudMangoBell69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “goldneemleafbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “rain!leaf!drum!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Fern#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Nest!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “toast-shell-drum-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya.Neem.78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat!Ship!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlboatkitetoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “raintigertentlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “ShellRiverBoat30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “River_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “leaffroglake86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Seed-Vine-Lamp49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “riverleaflamp30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem@fern@kite@32 (b) tigerfernsandrain
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome23 (b) wolf.lamp.tiger.20
- 32.🔐 Is “Mango!Frog!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Wolf.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “drum!lake!lamp!34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Neem46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumDustGold52 (b) Meera2010
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Shell-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- LakeMangoWolf46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 3
- weak
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 19
- 4
- risky
- 14
- 12
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- 8
- others can guess it
- 14
- strong
- 9
- weak
- neem@fern@kite@32
- emojis
- in your head
- wolf.lamp.tiger.20
- weak
- 13
- 17
- 3
- 4
- DrumDustGold52
- 3
- 3
- 4
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