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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_78 (b) FernWheelLeaf15
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “drum-fern-vine-38”? 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) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai.pearl.fern.76 (b) Admin@Wolf43
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Kite-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Frog_Hill_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillseedpondboat (b) LakeTentSeed33
- 10.🔐 Is “ship-nest-bell-63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiNestHill46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 Is “Toast_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “plum#river#tiger#88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornGoldCloud29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Letmein.Seed43” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “river.lotus.leaf.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “pond.vine.lotus.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “moonshellmango39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedleaflamp37 (b) ChaiBellTent22
- 23.🔐 “mangopearlleaf28” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlrivertoast50 (b) lamp.leaf.moon.75
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Bell66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipDustFern15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “ChaiFernPearl80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “shelllamppond28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteBoatNest45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “wheelchaileaftoast” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2011 (b) Chai.Lamp.Frog50
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilltoastrain63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “nest-corn-drum-73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Admin_Wolf22” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@Neem@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold_hill_plum_68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Gold-33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastgolddust43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “tigermoonhillvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- FernWheelLeaf15
- 17
- in your head
- 7
- 12
- chai.pearl.fern.76
- 4
- weak
- LakeTentSeed33
- strong
- 14
- 3
- emojis
- weak
- strong
- 3
- has a common word
- 19
- 18
- 16
- 2
- ChaiBellTent22
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lamp.leaf.moon.75
- 15
- 14
- strong
- weak
- risky
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Chai.Lamp.Frog50
- 2
- strong
- has a common word
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 17
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