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 “BrickSeedNeem15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 3.🔐 Is “Lotus!76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#Leaf#Ship79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Mango!2011 (b) Drum@Bell@Boat19
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Neem42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#gold#brick#29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Gold63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 11.🔐 Is “tigerrainbricklotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlbrickplumriver (b) rain_lamp_vine_33
- 13.🔐 Is “Welcome@Lamp64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum@corn@nest@47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Gold.Fern56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipneemriverpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Fern#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Tent@Lake16 (b) Qwerty#Rain82
- 19.🔐 “Tiger#23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Hill10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Hill_27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonleafmango65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudRainShell39 (b) Qwerty@Boat52
- 26.🔐 Is “plumtoastnestkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Chai.28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Lamp34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger!moon!lamp!36 (b) Seed_Ship_2018
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernShipPond68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!chai!bell!24 (b) Seed_70
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!Kite!Pond71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond#boat#gold#88 (b) welcome65
- 35.🔐 “rainlakeriver37” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Sand!Fern!River11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipRiverNeem36 (b) Tent-Sand-2013
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud-tiger-kite-26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “plumneemwheellotus” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 4
- Drum@Bell@Boat19
- 2
- 4
- 19
- 15
- in your head
- weak
- rain_lamp_vine_33
- weak
- 3
- 17
- 1
- 13
- Drum@Tent@Lake16
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 3
- 4
- emojis
- 2
- CloudRainShell39
- weak
- 4
- 4
- tiger!moon!lamp!36
- 12
- 3
- pearl!chai!bell!24
- 4
- pond#boat#gold#88
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- ShipRiverNeem36
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
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