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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Nest64 (b) Brick@Toast@Tiger76
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Cloud.Lake24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “seedfernlakepearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “hill@sand@brick@56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Aarav2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusLakeDust88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 10.🔐 “Neem_55” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Kite#Moon16 (b) qwerty10
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_Corn_Leaf47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “sandtoastbelllamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Sand.Tent.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Gold.Shell.Sand25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedbricksandkite (b) Fern#Leaf#Wheel77
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_Chai_Tiger24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-moon-lamp-48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@Lamp@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust-Mango-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill-river-wheel-82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Tiger11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “pondcloudnest60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “Gold.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Vihaan.Dust.19” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Frog!River!Leaf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “riverhillcornmoon” 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
- 33.🔐 “riverboatshellbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Is “password40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin78 (b) pond@rain@cloud@56
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitewolflakeseed (b) ToastDrumCloud12
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Pearl50 (b) Pond@Corn@Wolf62
- 38.🔐 Is “river.rain.boat.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🎂 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “CornDrumSand88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- emojis
- Brick@Toast@Tiger76
- 4
- 17
- 8
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- Pond#Kite#Moon16
- 16
- weak
- weak
- strong
- risky
- Fern#Leaf#Wheel77
- 12
- 17
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 9
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- pond@rain@cloud@56
- ToastDrumCloud12
- Pond@Corn@Wolf62
- strong
- others can guess it
- 14
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