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 “Toast-Neem-Gold45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#46 (b) fern#wheel#tent#53
- 5.🔐 Is “Wolf#Nest#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Drum@17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔐 “frogferncloudleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 “Tent@31” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!34 (b) vine.toast.kite.36
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Corn-33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtentraintoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🗝️ 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlshellwolf20 (b) tiger!kite!drum!23
- 16.🔐 Is “password84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “plum_lake_chai_22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Bell_River70 (b) Ananya2010
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Frog-Brick56 (b) neemchaiwheelmoon
- 20.🔐 “neemleafpearl58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 21.🔐 Is “Moon_Wheel_Pearl81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Ship-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Pearl-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Vine72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Leaf-38 (b) VineTigerBrick88
- 27.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Chai_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitemoondrumwolf (b) Rain-Shell-Seed41
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Letmein!Leaf44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Leaf.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Moon85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Sand!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “moonshelldustnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Mango65 (b) BrickMangoTent22
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Nest@Gold75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Gold!Sand!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 17
- emojis
- 2
- fern#wheel#tent#53
- weak
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- vine.toast.kite.36
- 3
- 13
- 12
- 1
- in your head
- tiger!kite!drum!23
- weak
- strong
- Kite_Bell_River70
- Tiger-Frog-Brick56
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 2
- VineTigerBrick88
- weak
- Rain-Shell-Seed41
- 3
- 4
- has a common word
- 14
- 15
- 14
- weak
- BrickMangoTent22
- 16
- weak
- others can guess it
- 4
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