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 “qwerty45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-corn-rain-36 (b) Sand#12
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@River22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “lampmangocornship” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Plum.Chai.Tiger28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine.83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Brick-Sand24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonfroggold21 (b) Ship.Wheel.Pond84
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.wolf.gold.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Ship.Pearl.Seed80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineNestRain21 (b) vineshellfernhill
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-River-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Bell#2018 (b) Lamp!Cloud!Chai75
- 18.🔐 Is “plumponddust70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipbrickdrumtiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangocloudfern32 (b) NestFrogSand21
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellCloudNeem45 (b) drumbrickfrog56
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Nest21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty!Lake83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudriverseedwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Hill-Cloud-Fern28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Tiger@Moon61 (b) Tara2013
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelhillvine41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!34 (b) TentWheelWolf28
- 30.🔐 “Frog#36” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “lamp-shell-cloud-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!Seed!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger#neem#drum#48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Sand.81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipnesttoastseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondbellcloud77 (b) RiverSeedDrum24
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafRainCloud28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Hill51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Mango-Ship-2013” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “riverneemboatcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 2
- 12
- boat-corn-rain-36
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- 7
- 18
- in your head
- Ship.Wheel.Pond84
- 18
- strong
- VineNestRain21
- risky
- 4
- Lamp!Cloud!Chai75
- weak
- 1
- NestFrogSand21
- BellCloudNeem45
- 10
- 14
- has a common word
- 1
- strong
- Cloud@Tiger@Moon61
- 2
- TentWheelWolf28
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 4
- 18
- 4
- 1
- RiverSeedDrum24
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- 18
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