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 “ToastPearlBrick72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 3.🔐 “Cloud@Tiger@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔐 “River#31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou34 (b) Lotus_Wheel_Shell25
- 6.🔐 “Iloveyou#Gold27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold#Lotus#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “KiteLampMoon83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake@moon@leaf@62 (b) Neem@Seed@2008
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Drum-2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel@fern@hill@83 (b) Password_Nest11
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Lotus-2018 (b) chai@lamp@tiger@62
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast-Fern-Lake87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “rivermoondrum76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 16.🔐 Is “leafplumtent71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Shell56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “Vine#66” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Pearl24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “password84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Tiger@2014 (b) hill#wheel#pearl#73
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Mango.Frog36 (b) Qwerty!Leaf13
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Vine51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha#Boat#13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “DrumShipNest52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “BrickLeafDust13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Kite_Bell_2015” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusseedcorn12 (b) Toast@Shell@Boat39
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Bell#Fern#2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “sandleafraintiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Aarav-Kite-85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem.Lamp.Seed23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Drum-63” 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
- 37.🔐 “Welcome_Chai64” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Neem48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Kabir@Lotus@37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 17
- emojis
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- Lotus_Wheel_Shell25
- has a common word
- 15
- strong
- lake@moon@leaf@62
- risky
- 14
- wheel@fern@hill@83
- chai@lamp@tiger@62
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 4
- in your head
- 10
- hill#wheel#pearl#73
- Plum.Mango.Frog36
- 4
- 13
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- Toast@Shell@Boat39
- 8
- has a name or year
- 17
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- 14
- weak
- 2
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