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 kinds of characters does “Wolf.Pearl.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Gold.Frog85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “rainsandshipneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@45 (b) Chai#Fern#Cloud84
- 8.🔐 “Welcome.Sand10” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerWheelLamp76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastPlumBrick68 (b) Wolf!44
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfRiverPond25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “kite.frog.cloud.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat#leaf#lotus#20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum#rain#lake#31 (b) Vihaan2015
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiBellMango14 (b) rainlotusnestlake
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “password22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Password-Sand67” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) LakeRiverFrog73
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Sand.Seed74 (b) brickwolfmoonplum
- 23.🔐 “vinefernpearlmango” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Lake-2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “dust.moon.wheel.64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteWheelNeem32 (b) wheelbelltiger77
- 27.🔐 Is “lotuswolfleaf59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger_52 (b) Chai#Lake#Moon67
- 30.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Rain18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Chai@15 (b) Wheel_Lamp_Lake31
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusCloudFern79 (b) vinepondcloudtent
- 33.🔐 Is “VineMangoKite59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “letmein89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!Drum!Vine43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Ananya#Dust#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “tentriverboatkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLakeWheel37 (b) Welcome.Dust46
Answer key
- 4
- 3
- risky
- 17
- weak
- others can guess it
- Chai#Fern#Cloud84
- has a common word
- 16
- ToastPlumBrick68
- 15
- strong
- 3
- plum#rain#lake#31
- ChaiBellMango14
- 10
- has a common word
- 4
- LakeRiverFrog73
- 2
- 12
- Leaf.Sand.Seed74
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- strong
- KiteWheelNeem32
- weak
- in your head
- Chai#Lake#Moon67
- weak
- Wheel_Lamp_Lake31
- LotusCloudFern79
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 9
- weak
- weak
- emojis
- NeemLakeWheel37
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