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.🔐 “Pond#Lotus#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Plum57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “FernVineTiger16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Rain63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein27 (b) TentLakeRain56
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelRainShip16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed@Tiger@Gold19 (b) qwerty88
- 9.🔐 “Fern_Chai_2014” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat.cloud.brick.37 (b) Tara2009
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 13.🔐 “mangodrumkitebrick” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Wolf_Tent_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondnestseed27 (b) hill!drum!pearl!58
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumtoastleaflamp (b) Ship.Rain.Vine45
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password26 (b) TigerRiverPlum27
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Lamp11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “corn.wolf.vine.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “Letmein-Boat35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Tent11 (b) lake#nest#pearl#49
- 22.🔐 Is “Pearl_Hill_2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “dust@river@frog@40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Tent.Hill23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudWheelToast23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondustnestpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Ship85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Drum59 (b) Leaf.Brick.Gold10
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampWolfDrum25 (b) tentgoldleaf60
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty10 (b) Fern!Wheel!Bell52
- 34.🔐 Is “dustlaketigergold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “sand-ship-neem-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldTigerDrum11 (b) goldbrickleaf42
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteLampTent51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Neem.2015 (b) rain#seed#dust#30
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “plumshipwheel17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- 15
- 3
- TentLakeRain56
- 15
- Seed@Tiger@Gold19
- has a name or year
- weak
- boat.cloud.brick.37
- in your head
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- hill!drum!pearl!58
- Ship.Rain.Vine45
- TigerRiverPlum27
- 13
- strong
- weak
- lake#nest#pearl#49
- weak
- strong
- 17
- 3
- 1
- 4
- Leaf.Brick.Gold10
- LampWolfDrum25
- 2
- emojis
- 3
- Fern!Wheel!Bell52
- weak
- 17
- GoldTigerDrum11
- 14
- 2
- rain#seed#dust#30
- 15
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