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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudTentKite18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon_88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem.corn.nest.71 (b) Meera-Rain-17
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Fern.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Vine50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Lake#2016 (b) RiverMoonNeem74
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Seed.2017 (b) Dust_Drum_Cloud84
- 8.🔐 “Sand-17” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “River.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “TentBoatLeaf56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Frog_Dust65 (b) welcome46
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipLotusTent33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Nest79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin14 (b) cloud.boat.kite.78
- 15.🔐 Is “TentWheelCloud30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “toast-vine-wolf-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “ship#neem#sand#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “seed@neem@ship@67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Password-Lake52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 21.🔐 “boatplumchai74” 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
- 22.🔐 “boatvinegoldkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf#corn#bell#17 (b) Diya2015
- 25.🔐 Is “goldbrickdrumsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfMoonSand85 (b) River.Mango.2015
- 27.🔐 Is “shellshipmoon59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🗝️ 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
- 29.🔐 Is “drummangocloud45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “tentlampboat81” 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
- 31.🔐 “mangolotusnest86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Vine_Cloud40 (b) Password-Lotus83
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Vine_Lamp82 (b) froglotusleafneem
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Lamp62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “dustplumrain31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Toast-Boat78 (b) password13
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@73 (b) wheel_tiger_mango_33
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Frog.43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 Is “moondustdrumplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- 7
- neem.corn.nest.71
- 4
- 13
- RiverMoonNeem74
- Dust_Drum_Cloud84
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- Ship_Frog_Dust65
- 3
- weak
- cloud.boat.kite.78
- strong
- strong
- strong
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- leaf#corn#bell#17
- weak
- WolfMoonSand85
- weak
- in your head
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Brick_Vine_Cloud40
- Mango_Vine_Lamp82
- 12
- 14
- Lotus-Toast-Boat78
- wheel_tiger_mango_33
- 9
- shorter than 12
- weak
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