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 “pondbrickfrog15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBellToast62 (b) Chai-41
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 4.🔐 “Meera.Cloud.34” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “sand@plum@fern@57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Password#Lamp62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Corn-Nest-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#Bell#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “chaimangolamplotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship_Sand_Mango10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Sand!Leaf!Lake55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Corn!Mango25 (b) Aarav.Boat.59
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogRainVine10 (b) Aarav-Boat-71
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “corn_tiger_hill_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha#Corn#73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2010 (b) cloud-leaf-pond-31
- 20.🔐 Is “vine!pond!wheel!86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Tiger-38” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumwheelneem62 (b) lotus!corn!shell!89
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Cloud60 (b) Lamp#Wolf#Rain82
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastBellLamp18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf_River_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “kite.mango.moon.28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun-Frog-43 (b) pearl@leaf@drum@76
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudgoldmangofrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger.River.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Tent.24 (b) tent.sand.lake.47
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@River69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Fern-44 (b) WolfWheelKite30
- 33.🔐 Is “vinetigerleaf56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “riverseedferncloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raincorngold33 (b) Neem#Frog#River24
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Wolf_Pearl70 (b) moonfrogdustneem
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 38.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 39.🔐 “rainchainestlamp” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Kite-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 15
- VineBellToast62
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 17
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- 12
- Bell!Corn!Mango25
- 4
- FrogRainVine10
- 18
- 13
- cloud-leaf-pond-31
- strong
- shorter than 12
- lotus!corn!shell!89
- Lamp#Wolf#Rain82
- 3
- 15
- strong
- pearl@leaf@drum@76
- 18
- 4
- tent.sand.lake.47
- 16
- WolfWheelKite30
- weak
- 18
- Neem#Frog#River24
- River_Wolf_Pearl70
- 3
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
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