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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha.Wheel.89 (b) WheelShellToast83
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “PondBellToast81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Mango#52” 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
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel.dust.toast.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Leaf_Fern_Toast19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Kite#Lotus#2016” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Dust68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-Seed-Frog67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Boat-2010 (b) Dust_Tent_Leaf81
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Chai22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolflotustigergold (b) TigerNeemCorn26
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!Kite!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 18.🔐 Is “Admin_Wheel69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Gold68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_Pond_Bell12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Corn-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou.Wheel69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2010 (b) rain#leaf#seed#39
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumNeemBell51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “drumtoastfroglamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “pondshipriverseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf_pearl_cloud_87 (b) lamprainfrog63
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond_Pearl_Lamp63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “PearlTigerChai52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipMangoWheel63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “drumsandtoastcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Moon17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “LotusMoonBrick26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “qwerty39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatgoldrivertiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- WheelShellToast83
- emojis
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 19
- strong
- has a name or year
- 8
- 15
- 4
- 3
- Dust_Tent_Leaf81
- 4
- TigerNeemCorn26
- 4
- 12
- weak
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 4
- has a common word
- in your head
- rain#leaf#seed#39
- 3
- weak
- weak
- wolf_pearl_cloud_87
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- 2
- 16
- 17
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 1
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