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 “frogpondrivertent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “admin16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-66 (b) VineFernShip20
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Vine!Seed22 (b) pondlotusriverlamp
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 6.🔐 “hillfrogdrumnest” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!28 (b) RainBoatLamp48
- 8.🔐 “Chai_78” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Wheel@Leaf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein15 (b) GoldBellRiver25
- 11.🔐 “Qwerty.Cloud32” 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
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Chai#Lamp60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “moonriverhill74” 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
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 16.🔐 Is “Boat.Drum.River23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “CloudMoonCorn38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “moonshellkitewheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Brick!2013 (b) lake!lamp!tiger!27
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfsandtent29 (b) Mango!Cloud!Frog50
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty77 (b) tiger!sand!brick!62
- 23.🔐 Is “Lamp#Brick#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Lamp.85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandMoonLamp25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “DustBellRiver23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 28.🔐 “Lamp_Wolf_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔐 “Qwerty.Mango41” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@18 (b) Tent-Pond-Brick22
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill-Vine-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@brick@drum@44 (b) seedtigerdrumneem
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Boat@Wolf59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Pond-44 (b) Lamp-Lotus-Gold15
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “admin12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell#Kite#Frog16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Vine.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.River.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Boat.Fern15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-neem-seed-18 (b) lotustoastferndrum
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- VineFernShip20
- Moon!Vine!Seed22
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- RainBoatLamp48
- shorter than 12
- 17
- GoldBellRiver25
- has a common word
- in your head
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- strong
- weak
- lake!lamp!tiger!27
- others can guess it
- Mango!Cloud!Frog50
- tiger!sand!brick!62
- weak
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- Tent-Pond-Brick22
- 4
- tent@brick@drum@44
- 4
- Lamp-Lotus-Gold15
- 7
- 4
- 4
- 15
- 4
- frog-neem-seed-18
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