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 “Tara#Gold#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 3.🔐 “Rohan!Mango!11” 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
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2015 (b) drum!shell!wheel!77
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill#River#Frog69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Cloud-83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Bell.Boat33 (b) Cloud-47
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Hill52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Ship-2011 (b) MoonLakeHill12
- 11.🔐 “Aarav!Fern!84” 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
- 12.🔐 “Drum_67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 Is “Tara2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “WheelToastWolf62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold@Tiger@Frog64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Lake@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_Tent_2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Lamp-Bell-2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!46 (b) DustBoatWolf17
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!Kite!2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Plum@80 (b) Rain!Fern!Neem58
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonBoatSand66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_Hill_2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2010 (b) seed_sand_river_22
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir.Brick.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav.Ship.69 (b) Hill#Frog#Leaf15
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusdrumchai20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Admin#Mango32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat!rain!pearl!31 (b) Kabir2009
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Wheel#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “MoonCloudLamp40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 3
- drum!shell!wheel!77
- 4
- weak
- Corn.Bell.Boat33
- 4
- MoonLakeHill12
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 14
- 12
- 8
- weak
- DustBoatWolf17
- 4
- Rain!Fern!Neem58
- 2
- risky
- 14
- 4
- seed_sand_river_22
- 14
- Hill#Frog#Leaf15
- 15
- has a common word
- in your head
- boat!rain!pearl!31
- emojis
- 4
- strong
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