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 “cloudtentcornmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “drum#boat#seed#36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Lamp@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “VineShellCloud50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “seedfroglampdust” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Nest42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) Chai#Seed#Sand51
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteleaftigernest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Diya.Frog.32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔐 Is “nest-dust-toast-66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “shipboatbrickkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Lake.67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 16.🔐 “Boat#68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 20.🔐 “Plum#Gold#2009” 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
- 21.🔐 “Bell#87” 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
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent_drum_toast_71 (b) dustcloudtigerkite
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfMangoCloud69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “chai@wolf@lotus@59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2015 (b) NeemNestHill61
- 27.🔐 Is “Kabir2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “Drum!37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellPlumNest10 (b) Diya2010
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Tiger.71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum.cloud.sand.34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Toast_Cloud36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelseedtoast71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Shell!Dust!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “bell.brick.sand.71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2015 (b) Lamp@Plum@Kite17
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Pearl#Leaf71 (b) rivercornboat67
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Mango17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Bell@Tiger@Lake21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- strong
- 15
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Chai#Seed#Sand51
- 10
- 1
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- 13
- risky
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- in your head
- 3
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- tent_drum_toast_71
- 3
- strong
- NeemNestHill61
- weak
- weak
- BellPlumNest10
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 19
- 16
- weak
- strong
- Lamp@Plum@Kite17
- Cloud#Pearl#Leaf71
- 4
- strong
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