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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 2.🔐 Is “qwerty81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonFernSeed28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!lamp!wheel!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastPearlRiver33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-sand-shell-62 (b) Fern-79
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondgoldkite70 (b) BrickPondMango38
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “hillbrickshellleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Plum@Moon@2011” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Nest_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “leafcloudwolfneem” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Pearl@Vine@Cloud53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “LampChaiNeem87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “welcome77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “River!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “cloudpondlampdust” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornMoonHill68 (b) leafshellplum64
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Boat78 (b) Wolf_Lamp_Lake77
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWheelVine77 (b) Admin@Vine21
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonlotuswheelseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Pearl-Fern14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Rohan!Nest!56” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemRainToast39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “lotus@neem@shell@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Frog-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Shell80 (b) LotusBoatCloud57
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2016 (b) Toast.Rain.Bell87
- 34.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan#Chai#24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Seed#Tent47 (b) lotusriverplum13
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumMangoCloud18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “hillplummoon37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
Answer key
- in your head
- weak
- 3
- 18
- 3
- 3
- vine-sand-shell-62
- BrickPondMango38
- 8
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- strong
- strong
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CornMoonHill68
- Wolf_Lamp_Lake77
- CloudWheelVine77
- 1
- 7
- 4
- has a name or year
- 15
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- LotusBoatCloud57
- Toast.Rain.Bell87
- weak
- 13
- Cloud#Seed#Tent47
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
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