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 characters are in “Wolf!Toast!Kite61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Qwerty#Tiger85” 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
- 3.🔐 “Iloveyou!Neem27” 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
- 4.🔐 “sandwheelriverlotus” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “bricktoastlampsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Password_Shell58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “kitefroghill34” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “fern.frog.sand.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “Pond-Drum-Nest32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Fern.35” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Tiger-Chai77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “froglamptoasttiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “River_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Bell-Chai-2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Brick#Drum32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 19.🔐 Is “letmein10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Kite72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.wheel.river.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Boat-Wolf23 (b) Aarav2013
- 24.🔐 Is “password43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 26.🔐 “Sand@Seed@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_Nest_Gold25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “frogplummangolamp” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “moonnestboat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “cornshipriver31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty25 (b) Mango_Gold_Frog29
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Lotus-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Bell47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Chai.Toast.Kite32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “sandshipmoon61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Lotus28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Brick@47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 17
- has a common word
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- weak
- weak
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 1
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- 12
- weak
- 4
- others can guess it
- 20
- Toast-Boat-Wolf23
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- Mango_Gold_Frog29
- 15
- in your head
- 13
- 10
- 3
- strong
- 14
- 4
- 4
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