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.🔐 “Kabir#Lake#36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldplumdustseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Boat-Nest-Lamp36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “Fern@47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Fern27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “river#brick#pond#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellGoldSand79 (b) Kabir2015
- 9.🔐 “pearlmangowolf85” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!13 (b) Brick!River!Plum58
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#moon#lamp#79 (b) Pond-78
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineshellfrogpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “pondtoastwheeldrum” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Plum.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “cloudcornseedriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Lotus-2013 (b) ShipFrogGold12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@boat@rain@49 (b) Boat-50
- 21.🔐 “leafhilltiger21” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Leaf-54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlShipSand13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Admin!Wolf21” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 27.🔐 Is “MangoLeafNeem12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Frog40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “qwerty36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password76 (b) Ship!Pearl!Fern12
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “shipdrumtigervine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud#nest#lotus#14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “password24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “qwerty61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-65 (b) SeedTigerFern77
- 40.🔐 “Ship@Gold@2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 1
- strong
- weak
- 15
- strong
- 3
- BellGoldSand79
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Brick!River!Plum58
- drum#moon#lamp#79
- 3
- others can guess it
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- in your head
- ShipFrogGold12
- tiger@boat@rain@49
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- has a common word
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 8
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 12
- Ship!Pearl!Fern12
- 17
- 10
- 3
- weak
- weak
- SeedTigerFern77
- has a name or year
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