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 “plumfernkite73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogRainDrum50 (b) Chai-River-2015
- 3.🔐 “Meera@Neem@36” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Frog-Boat66 (b) vinefernshellrain
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Leaf_Shell23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Sand.2013 (b) shell!vine!neem!32
- 7.🔐 Is “pearlvineboathill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Pond!Corn76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Iloveyou!Brick55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “cornwheelboatlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 13.🔐 Is “Pond.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernShipCloud13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship!Pearl!Nest64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “lotusbrickcloudpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast-river-chai-21 (b) boatmangofern19
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Neem-Tent35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 22.🔐 Is “tigerplumtenttoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Moon31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Aarav!Kite!12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Gold.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.25 (b) BrickKiteTiger59
- 28.🔐 “Qwerty.Mango51” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “goldsandmoonship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 31.🔐 “cloudriverfern26” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldbrickdust71 (b) sand-plum-seed-88
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Shell.16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “nestgoldwolfkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Nest#Lotus#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-23 (b) Boat#Lake#Chai35
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password60 (b) pond!boat!lake!25
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “tentnestshipneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “brickshipbelllake” 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
Answer key
- 2
- FrogRainDrum50
- has a name or year
- Lotus-Frog-Boat66
- 4
- shell!vine!neem!32
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- 3
- 18
- 12
- weak
- 3
- 3
- in your head
- 17
- weak
- toast-river-chai-21
- 17
- emojis
- weak
- 14
- weak
- 14
- 2
- BrickKiteTiger59
- has a common word
- weak
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- sand-plum-seed-88
- 14
- 16
- weak
- Boat#Lake#Chai35
- pond!boat!lake!25
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
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