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.🔐 “corndustwolf49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nestneemwolf17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Lake@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “cloud.seed.chai.30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Lotus_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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “frog@lamp@tent@25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Meera_Leaf_63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Cloud-Drum31 (b) iloveyou77
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Boat_Plum63 (b) password10
- 11.🔐 Is “cloudgoldrain68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🎂 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “corn#tent#tiger#76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumtentgoldshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.corn.wheel.40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfbelltoastseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.boat.neem.49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Moon_Sand21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Plum.60” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricktentsand50 (b) Sand.Tent.Moon82
- 24.🔐 “Tiger#Lake#2008” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “qwerty23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Lake#Corn78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!River!Boat63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Leaf30 (b) wheel_neem_dust_68
- 30.🔐 “boatneemfernlamp” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Ship-Toast13 (b) Kabir!Boat!88
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!Corn!Lamp27 (b) toastlotusriverdust
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Moon@River43 (b) Neem_42
- 36.🔐 “Letmein_Moon58” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Tent!Vine!Ship30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog@kite@sand@69 (b) Diya2013
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “nest.sand.kite.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 14
- 14
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 17
- weak
- Pond-Cloud-Drum31
- Vine_Boat_Plum63
- weak
- others can guess it
- 18
- 1
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 17
- 3
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Sand.Tent.Moon82
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- 7
- 4
- wheel_neem_dust_68
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Chai-Ship-Toast13
- 8
- risky
- Toast!Corn!Lamp27
- Tiger@Moon@River43
- has a common word
- strong
- frog@kite@sand@69
- 17
- 8
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