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.🔐 “rivershipdrum42” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust.Drum.Tent34 (b) Letmein.Lamp58
- 3.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Boat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Wheel_85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumFernBrick15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Sand_Wheel68 (b) Seed_22
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteChaiRain11 (b) Admin!Lake49
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 10.🔐 Is “letmein24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River!Neem!Wheel88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai_Mango_2015 (b) Rain#Frog#Wolf22
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Bell78 (b) ship@fern@lake@82
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumtentrivercloud (b) SeedPondWolf41
- 15.🔐 Is “qwerty67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “belldrumseed40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “rainseedkite63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 20.🔐 “Admin#Chai13” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfDustCloud46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “drum.kite.neem.32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “leaf-river-seed-59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigercornvine16 (b) lotus@moon@lake@78
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogLakeTiger19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerBellPlum20 (b) Welcome_Kite84
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “FernNestBoat56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog_sand_wolf_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “boatpondsandkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainDrumFrog60 (b) Chai!30
- 35.🔐 Is “sand.plum.boat.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Pearl.Wheel40 (b) Letmein_Bell25
- 37.🔐 Is “neemnestship80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Letmein@Drum39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Plum-14 (b) RiverToastDrum24
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Corn@Lake65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Dust.Drum.Tent34
- weak
- 12
- 4
- 15
- River_Sand_Wheel68
- KiteChaiRain11
- 3
- weak
- 4
- Rain#Frog#Wolf22
- ship@fern@lake@82
- SeedPondWolf41
- weak
- 14
- 14
- 2
- in your head
- has a common word
- 15
- 17
- strong
- risky
- lotus@moon@lake@78
- others can guess it
- emojis
- 3
- 3
- TigerBellPlum20
- 14
- 3
- weak
- RainDrumFrog60
- strong
- River.Pearl.Wheel40
- weak
- weak
- RiverToastDrum24
- 16
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