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 “Corn#River#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Drum@2017 (b) LampKiteShell15
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “lampboatvine76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “kite-rain-nest-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBellLotus25 (b) shelltigerseedgold
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Toast-Chai41 (b) Hill@10
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillSeedTent69 (b) Letmein#Neem27
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Lotus_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastWolfPlum61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitepearlmangofern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Welcome-Pond54” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp@rain@pond@56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick.Lake.Vine34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Cloud.Tent.Nest35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_River21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Letmein-Wheel88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellSandNeem35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Lake@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “leaf@pond@vine@70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelPearlCloud83 (b) Fern-Lotus-2018
- 24.🔐 “Shell@14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “dustcornwolf38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Tent!41 (b) NeemTentShell67
- 28.🔐 “frogchaitoasttiger” 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
- 29.🔐 “kitefrogchai55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 30.🔐 Is “MangoHillLake12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Seed@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-14 (b) Chai!Moon!Bell88
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Neem-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Saanvi-Mango-61” 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
- 35.🎂 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2017 (b) gold.leaf.rain.28
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferndrumdust58 (b) Vine.Wheel.Nest40
- 38.🔐 Is “toast-brick-frog-26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerfernbell27 (b) vine.drum.tent.55
- 40.🔐 Is “Bell#Shell#Rain39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- emojis
- LampKiteShell15
- 14
- strong
- BoatBellLotus25
- in your head
- Drum-Toast-Chai41
- HillSeedTent69
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 1
- has a common word
- 17
- 17
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- strong
- WheelPearlCloud83
- shorter than 12
- 7
- 14
- NeemTentShell67
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 14
- Chai!Moon!Bell88
- 4
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- gold.leaf.rain.28
- Vine.Wheel.Nest40
- strong
- vine.drum.tent.55
- strong
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