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 characters are in “Tiger_Plum_Kite47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Plum#Cloud#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudSeedVine82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Shell@Bell20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Shell_2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Toast23 (b) TigerGoldHill81
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “neemmangolakeseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger.boat.kite.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 12.🔐 Is “Welcome@Boat82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldDrumCloud79 (b) Mango!23
- 15.🔐 Is “cloudshellfern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “leaf.moon.nest.30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelleafbellpond (b) Drum#Vine#Mango47
- 18.🔐 “Ishaan.Chai.83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “CornNeemSeed56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Admin!Lotus88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 21.🔐 Is “Frog#River#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “rain-pearl-ship-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn-boat-frog-58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “seedplummoon24” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “DustFernBell19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern.chai.lamp.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.19 (b) ShipKiteRain87
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornLampLotus51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Drum@Fern77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Cloud#Bell#Neem86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) ChaiRiverFrog17
- 34.🔐 Is “frogleaftentfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest_River_Tiger81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-river-moon-68 (b) shelldrumbellseed
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedDrumPearl25 (b) qwerty16
- 38.🔐 Is “leafseedfern26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Dust#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Tiger_58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 17
- weak
- 15
- 17
- 16
- TigerGoldHill81
- emojis
- 17
- 3
- risky
- 12
- weak
- in your head
- GoldDrumCloud79
- weak
- strong
- Drum#Vine#Mango47
- has a name or year
- 14
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 3
- ShipKiteRain87
- 3
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 3
- ChaiRiverFrog17
- weak
- 4
- dust-river-moon-68
- SeedDrumPearl25
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
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