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 “River!Fern!Neem21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlCloudDust12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelhilltigerpond (b) Wolf!Pearl!Boat24
- 4.🔐 “hillmangoship28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornlamplotusdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “frogmangoplum81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “dusttoastwolfnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “dustdrumlotusplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “boatnestcornchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Seed-39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Aarav2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “LakePearlSeed30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 17.🔐 Is “Vine.Hill.Gold66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumDustDrum79 (b) shellhilllotuswheel
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlwheeltent26 (b) moon@mango@lotus@12
- 20.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin30 (b) RainShipLake42
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed#23 (b) SeedLotusMoon34
- 24.🔐 “boatshellwolfneem” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “ChaiSandPond60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “hill.drum.chai.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Bell_39 (b) Hill_Lake_Plum51
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “qwerty87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “tenthillboat25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Nest-Toast-Cloud44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “goldsandlotusboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelldrumtiger52 (b) brick@sand@gold@60
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteGoldPond30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelSandDust56 (b) Arjun2017
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “NestCornCloud52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@Neem@Wolf29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 17
- 3
- Wolf!Pearl!Boat24
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- weak
- emojis
- 12
- 17
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- weak
- risky
- 15
- in your head
- strong
- PlumDustDrum79
- moon@mango@lotus@12
- weak
- 3
- RainShipLake42
- SeedLotusMoon34
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- Hill_Lake_Plum51
- others can guess it
- 2
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 17
- brick@sand@gold@60
- 3
- WheelSandDust56
- 15
- 16
- weak
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