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 “Seed.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Gold31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “pondkitecornhill” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog#Pearl#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentShipLake77 (b) Rain_74
- 7.🔐 Is “Lotus!Lamp!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Lotus19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Lotus!Hill47 (b) Rain_46
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Tiger.Wheel74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#kite#drum#26 (b) Chai#Drum#2008
- 12.🔐 “nestcornplumtent” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Toast15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Corn!Fern!2015” 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
- 16.🔐 “shipneemgoldfern” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintoastlakebrick (b) leaf#wolf#plum#21
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.River.2012 (b) wolf#river#shell#22
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_kite_gold_42 (b) Rohan!Neem!61
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern!Pearl!2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Plum-Corn38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Gold!Vine82 (b) welcome51
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Leaf-Dust34 (b) password74
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Admin#Lake31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_nest_seed_45 (b) Iloveyou-Tent52
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellkitelake25 (b) Dust-Hill-Tiger44
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-River54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Letmein-Bell60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudshipplum57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “moonneemlake77” 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
- 34.🔐 “frogtoasthill30” 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
- 35.🔐 “Rohan#Chai#32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 “Drum-69” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#mango#lotus#32 (b) cornrivership19
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Neem.2018 (b) plum-nest-cloud-29
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome70 (b) River.Hill.Moon32
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Shell#2017 (b) Gold!Kite!Mango40
Answer key
- 7
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- in your head
- TentShipLake77
- weak
- 4
- Leaf!Lotus!Hill47
- 18
- pearl#kite#drum#26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 15
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf#wolf#plum#21
- wolf#river#shell#22
- lamp_kite_gold_42
- risky
- 15
- 4
- Bell!Gold!Vine82
- 12
- Pond-Leaf-Dust34
- 2
- has a common word
- lotus_nest_seed_45
- Dust-Hill-Tiger44
- 4
- weak
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- cloud#mango#lotus#32
- plum-nest-cloud-29
- River.Hill.Moon32
- Gold!Kite!Mango40
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