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 “Password_Pearl15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Gold@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “kiteshipsandvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon-bell-lotus-64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “hillshipshell30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Lake-42” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Corn-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Welcome_River62” 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
- 11.🔐 “goldleafhill42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Is “Dust.Seed.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Pond#Tiger#Hill44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerpondseedleaf (b) ship.gold.pearl.41
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernseedlakefrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 18.🔐 “River_Lamp_2009” 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
- 19.🔐 “Ishaan!Corn!62” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2009 (b) gold-pond-tiger-38
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Toast72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “dustfernchai79” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@17 (b) Kite@Dust@Plum22
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “vine.shell.pearl.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “sandleafbrickkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Hill.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-dust-plum-58 (b) cloudrainpond38
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Hill-37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell@kite@neem@58 (b) Nisha2017
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.17 (b) Cloud@Corn@Shell43
- 32.🔐 “Letmein#Corn70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Is “Vine-Bell-Moon74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “hillseedchaifrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 36.🔐 Is “Welcome_Leaf17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “shipshellmoonplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “lamprainplumship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Kite@Wolf88 (b) nestdrumshell35
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Seed_2018 (b) RainRiverDust24
Answer key
- 16
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 3
- 15
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- ship.gold.pearl.41
- in your head
- 1
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- gold-pond-tiger-38
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Kite@Dust@Plum22
- 19
- weak
- 14
- leaf-dust-plum-58
- 8
- 4
- bell@kite@neem@58
- Cloud@Corn@Shell43
- has a common word
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- weak
- 17
- weak
- Sand@Kite@Wolf88
- RainRiverDust24
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