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 your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell#Tent#Hill17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Vine-Lamp85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell#Fern#Cloud64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Frog45 (b) drum-cloud-mango-12
- 8.🔐 “Lake!Lotus!2009” 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
- 9.🔐 “lotusrainkitedrum” 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
- 10.🔐 “Vine.Mango.2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 11.🔐 “Wolf.10” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellrainbrick20 (b) ShellTentMoon46
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.dust.river.32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Pond!54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Vine!Boat32 (b) Vihaan2010
- 21.🔐 “Corn_76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 “Kabir.Sand.36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔐 Is “SandMoonVine86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “chaicloudlamp51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 “nestleafcorn31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 “Ishaan.Sand.29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Brick!Wolf31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “chaidrumlotus23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Boat!13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “password74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “river-shell-seed-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “drumboattentship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Pearl.Kite.2012” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hill#frog#river#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Lotus@Tiger68 (b) kitepearlcloudplum
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “admin35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Pond!Tent89 (b) Rohan2013
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud!wolf!lamp!41 (b) Iloveyou#Neem76
Answer key
- in your head
- 4
- 2
- 12
- 16
- 4
- drum-cloud-mango-12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- ShellTentMoon46
- 19
- 13
- weak
- 3
- emojis
- 3
- 3
- Kite!Vine!Boat32
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- 13
- weak
- 19
- 16
- has a name or year
- 4
- 2
- 18
- River@Lotus@Tiger68
- 7
- Wolf!Pond!Tent89
- cloud!wolf!lamp!41
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