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 “chaipearlcloudwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🗝️ 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Fern46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Plum@75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Is “neemchaiship23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverBrickSand22 (b) letmein10
- 9.🔐 Is “ShipVinePlum50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumRiverTiger32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestLotusGold42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBrickCloud18 (b) Iloveyou@Dust62
- 13.🔐 Is “rain#vine#sand#84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “Tiger#Dust#2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔐 “brickfernplum22” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Drum@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedNeemMango24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite#seed#frog#29 (b) Ishaan!River!60
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldriverbell39 (b) Frog@Seed@Boat28
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sanddustraincloud (b) RiverCornToast25
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Wheel!Mango65 (b) Welcome!Tiger30
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “shellcornbellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustoastfrogboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinetoastchai25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Admin!Moon19” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Meera!Mango!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “lotus#lamp#kite#72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!tiger!lotus!55 (b) Aarav2017
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “admin40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-Toast-Wolf17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Lotus87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Lake11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “goldboatriver23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlampfrognest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “tentlakekite20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Is “tent_shell_vine_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- in your head
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- 12
- RiverBrickSand22
- strong
- 16
- 3
- DustBrickCloud18
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- emojis
- 3
- kite#seed#frog#29
- Frog@Seed@Boat28
- RiverCornToast25
- Ship!Wheel!Mango65
- 18
- 1
- 2
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- fern!tiger!lotus!55
- 7
- 2
- 3
- risky
- 17
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
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