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 “Rain_Dust_Lotus20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Fern-Lamp-Tiger14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Tiger_Chai_2010” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “chaisandvinebrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_pearl_plum_10 (b) tigershipvinetoast
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipsandwolf56 (b) TentWheelToast35
- 8.🔐 “Kabir!Seed!19” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Seed!Shell!2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Neem-Shell37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Lake@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Hill_77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentchaicorn12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestShipTiger19 (b) admin45
- 16.🔐 “Admin!Leaf71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 17.🔐 “Aarav.River.22” 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
- 18.🔐 “froglamptigerkite” 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
- 19.🔐 “chaihillseed25” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonVineLamp46 (b) Iloveyou.Ship20
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangolamppond84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Meera2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Dust63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Bell@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Letmein!Chai47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Lotus!Lamp!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 30.🔐 “wolflamprain51” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Tent!Leaf!2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “bricktentfern76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Is “NestNeemWheel17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Chai_2012 (b) RiverGoldCloud43
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!fern!corn!44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Admin-Sand23” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Admin#Moon48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.Mango.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlshellmoonlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 17
- strong
- has a name or year
- 17
- emojis
- lotus_pearl_plum_10
- TentWheelToast35
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a name or year
- 18
- 4
- 13
- 2
- NestShipTiger19
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MoonVineLamp46
- 2
- weak
- 15
- 4
- weak
- in your head
- 4
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- RiverGoldCloud43
- 3
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- 1
- 3
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