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.🔐 Is “neem!shell!seed!78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Sand27 (b) Nest@Cloud@Drum42
- 4.🔐 “Kabir.Tiger.78” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonsandpond18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🗝️ 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Bell-Hill19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiTentDust78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password36 (b) Wheel#Seed#Mango19
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Plum#Seed#Drum69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “nestboatbrickhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “Wheel!36” 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
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “corndrumlotus36” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@65 (b) Lotus_Fern_Boat17
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp_chai_tent_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellNestSeed29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Chai.Mango.Bell65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “boatlampleaf28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@lamp@plum@86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastraintentchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou13 (b) BoatTentBell74
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@Moon@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “NestLeafSand37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Drum.56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “tent#leaf#lake#55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitecloudfrog52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Vihaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Drum@23” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “drumneemplumlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Lotus-17” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Rain!72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Kite-Dust-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Bell!33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondTigerFrog60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedLakeWheel32 (b) Kabir2009
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- Nest@Cloud@Drum42
- has a name or year
- 2
- in your head
- 17
- 3
- Wheel#Seed#Mango19
- 4
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lotus_Fern_Boat17
- 17
- others can guess it
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 1
- BoatTentBell74
- 15
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 2
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 3
- SeedLakeWheel32
- 8
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