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 “Lotus_Mango_Fern27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Boat.Shell86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Kite_Drum_Neem27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Gold!Lotus!Shell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Sand-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Moon#70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “tigershellriverlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “goldsandship31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Is “Rohan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglotusdrum39 (b) Wolf-Brick-Lake77
- 14.🔐 Is “Vine.Lake.Cloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “Diya@Shell@13” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!60 (b) NestCloudPearl39
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Corn_Tent_2016” 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
- 19.🔐 “Letmein.Shell82” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Lake-Pond65 (b) leafcloudshelltiger
- 23.🔐 Is “mango_sand_dust_72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Welcome_Moon23” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lake@corn@bell@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn!leaf!tiger!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “welcome83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Tiger@50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Tiger56 (b) ShipBrickMango38
- 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Mango@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Ishaan.Kite.20” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “pond.plum.tent.56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!27 (b) DustShellRiver66
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.sand.lotus.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Fern69 (b) Drum-Lamp-Corn64
- 38.🔐 Is “LotusBellSand26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 40.🔐 Is “TentVineTiger77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 18
- strong
- 3
- strong
- 3
- 14
- 3
- 14
- 20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Wolf-Brick-Lake77
- strong
- has a name or year
- NestCloudPearl39
- 9
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 8
- others can guess it
- Brick-Lake-Pond65
- strong
- has a common word
- 17
- 3
- weak
- weak
- in your head
- ShipBrickMango38
- risky
- 16
- has a name or year
- strong
- DustShellRiver66
- 18
- Drum-Lamp-Corn64
- strong
- emojis
- strong
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