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.🔐 Is “Ship.67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Drum.89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein72 (b) Moon!Pond!Bell57
- 7.🔐 Is “dust.wheel.gold.73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 9.🔐 “Meera.Hill.17” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Diya.Hill.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonHillBrick28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Boat!Vine39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumCloudMango35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “River#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Neem_Rain30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “lotusrainshipseed” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “tiger#lotus#bell#50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “frogneemseedsand” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Leaf-Hill20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Mango.2009 (b) moon!brick!frog!31
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Fern-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Pearl_2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Tara.Lotus.34” 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
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty41 (b) Wheel!Toast!Chai31
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “pond_gold_seed_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “LampHillBrick45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty21 (b) Lotus.Wheel.Sand16
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 36.🔐 “Sand#Brick#2014” 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
- 37.🔐 “Drum-62” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Wolf_Lotus_Shell85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Tiger-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “plumwheelwolfdust” 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
Answer key
- weak
- 14
- in your head
- 10
- 7
- Moon!Pond!Bell57
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 8
- 8
- weak
- 15
- 12
- 4
- 7
- 16
- weak
- 7
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- moon!brick!frog!31
- 4
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a name or year
- risky
- Wheel!Toast!Chai31
- 17
- 15
- Lotus.Wheel.Sand16
- 3
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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