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 kinds of characters does “Toast@Brick@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudNeemKite58 (b) Diya!Mango!64
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 5.🔐 Is “Wheel.Lotus.Nest87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “lotuscornrain61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastbellship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Ananya_Shell_10” 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
- 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Neem@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “GoldLotusLake60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “lampleafpearllake” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Pearl51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Hill-26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#86 (b) NestPondWheel32
- 17.🔐 “kiteshellwolf48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 18.🔐 Is “mango_lotus_boat_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Iloveyou-Frog16” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Admin.Gold77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudPondLamp57 (b) Saanvi2012
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffrogplumlamp (b) Brick-Moon-Frog17
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!62 (b) Sand-Lamp-Tiger46
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “goldmangocornbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Gold.River.2013” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Kite.2009 (b) LampPearlFern30
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern#Seed#Moon59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Bell_49 (b) River-Pond-Wheel56
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipPearlTent81 (b) welcome46
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Brick29 (b) lotus-vine-plum-22
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Neem-Nest32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “NestBoatPlum30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “goldvineplum32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Cloud-Moon17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “wolfchaiboat80” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “Lamp#Boat#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “clouddustneemchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 4
- others can guess it
- CloudNeemKite58
- 3
- strong
- weak
- 1
- has a name or year
- in your head
- 12
- 10
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 4
- NestPondWheel32
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- CloudPondLamp57
- Brick-Moon-Frog17
- Sand-Lamp-Tiger46
- 18
- has a name or year
- LampPearlFern30
- 16
- River-Pond-Wheel56
- emojis
- ShipPearlTent81
- lotus-vine-plum-22
- 2
- 4
- 14
- weak
- 17
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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