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 “Rohan_Boat_89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonToastPlum60 (b) Ishaan.Moon.75
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin30 (b) DustBoatBell29
- 4.🔐 Is “rivertentbrick17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Kite.Bell.Toast11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “brickfrogkitegold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickseedwheeldust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold-Pearl-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Saanvi.Sand.78” 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
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Corn#Boat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “NeemRainVine76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 14.🔐 Is “drum@toast@leaf@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “toastfernhill32” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Password-Moon50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Gold@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond-corn-lamp-43 (b) Seed-Hill-2010
- 19.🔐 “vinepearlwheel74” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoTigerGold77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickChaiBoat50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 25.🔐 Is “lotusgoldlamp20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “moonbellcorncloud” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Saanvi2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@12 (b) vine@lotus@lamp@53
- 29.🔐 Is “Rain!Lamp!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “neembelltent29” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Tiger@Sand20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Fern69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldhilllampbrick (b) MangoTentMoon73
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick-ship-lamp-66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Nisha!Shell!19” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “toastmoondrumtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Admin@Chai68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Shell_Seed82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 13
- MoonToastPlum60
- DustBoatBell29
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- 4
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 17
- strong
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- pond-corn-lamp-43
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 16
- others can guess it
- 3
- in your head
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- vine@lotus@lamp@53
- weak
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- MangoTentMoon73
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- 9
- has a common word
- 17
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