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 “Sand-Lotus-Corn79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Pearl-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Diya_Mango_34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔐 Is “password24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “dust!hill!rain!45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold-Dust-Ship77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverCloudLeaf54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password85 (b) Lamp-Kite-Sand32
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogbrickvinetent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust@Vine@Boat79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.Brick.Plum36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverTentNeem71 (b) Kabir-Sand-54
- 15.🔐 Is “Tent.Cloud.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Lotus-Plum-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Kite!Plum73 (b) Fern!44
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-56 (b) Bell@River@Sand50
- 20.🔐 Is “NestKiteTent64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuswheelleaftiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “ShipFernWolf33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 24.🔐 Is “RiverShellPearl11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Wolf_Fern_2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Chai-Boat-Frog60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Ishaan.Neem.33” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “dust!shell!lake!57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf@wolf@seed@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond#Plum#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Shell!Pearl!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “rivertigerbrick47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “VineHillNeem50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “dustdrumneem29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “River#59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteMangoCloud74 (b) pearlwolfrainpond
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Moon!Dust69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Nest!Brick!2008” 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
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- weak
- others can guess it
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 3
- 16
- Lamp-Kite-Sand32
- 1
- 4
- 4
- RiverTentNeem71
- weak
- weak
- 2
- River!Kite!Plum73
- Bell@River@Sand50
- strong
- 1
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- 17
- 4
- 2
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 14
- 8
- emojis
- KiteMangoCloud74
- 17
- has a name or year
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