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 “Ishaan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 3.🔐 “frogwheelshiplamp” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “mangobellkitechai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_Dust_Hill11 (b) Nisha#Frog#81
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampShellBrick21 (b) Leaf_Rain_2012
- 7.🔐 Is “fernclouddrum31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Frog-Boat11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverlampshell56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Pond.Brick42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtigermangoneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-mango-lake-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “river!plum!ship!22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudmoonplumneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “cloudmoonrain72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 “Sand@31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Moon-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Wolf.Lake86 (b) tentlotusbrick26
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.49 (b) Tiger_Seed_Wheel37
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#cloud#leaf#37 (b) Seed_Lotus_2011
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernLakeVine14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerboatneem21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Admin-River61” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Pond.Moon12 (b) dustseedriverlamp
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglakecornwheel (b) seed#boat#mango#26
- 28.🔐 “Tara.Rain.69” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemSandPond10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “neem#dust#sand#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “lamphillmango25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Lotus.Kite27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 35.🔐 “Meera#Ship#66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hilllampgoldkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Frog_Pearl_2014” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Wolf87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiterainrivershell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
Answer key
- 10
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Tent_Dust_Hill11
- LampShellBrick21
- weak
- 16
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 18
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 13
- Chai.Wolf.Lake86
- Tiger_Seed_Wheel37
- gold#cloud#leaf#37
- 3
- 8
- 2
- has a common word
- Kite.Pond.Moon12
- seed#boat#mango#26
- has a name or year
- 3
- 12
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 16
- has a name or year
- 14
- 1
- emojis
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