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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 3.🔐 Is “bellshellpondbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Plum!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Tara-Vine-64” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “pearlrainlampdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Leaf-Sand-Lake74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#44 (b) Rain-Seed-Hill52
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick#hill#tent#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Letmein.Fern23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_63 (b) Pond!Lake!Sand28
- 12.🔐 Is “password12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-dust-river-56 (b) lampriverpearl30
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Tent-Vine63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein57 (b) Neem!River!Pond14
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWheelLake75 (b) Meera2016
- 18.🔐 Is “gold.bell.toast.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#41 (b) Gold.Bell.Ship14
- 21.🔐 “Lake!Toast!2010” 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
- 22.🔐 “boathillshipwheel” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!lamp!pond!17 (b) brickwolflampriver
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellBoatDrum66 (b) pearlgolddust15
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Cloud-Toast68 (b) Aarav-Dust-81
- 26.🔐 Is “chaidustmoon11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “mangofrogtigerwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoVineBrick68 (b) iloveyou13
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonfernleaftent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Cloud16 (b) Neem-Lake-Boat15
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustlamppearlwolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2009 (b) ToastMangoGold60
- 36.🔐 Is “password32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Fern@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Drum16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Toast.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- emojis
- 12
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- Rain-Seed-Hill52
- 3
- weak
- Pond!Lake!Sand28
- weak
- chai-dust-river-56
- risky
- 4
- Neem!River!Pond14
- CloudWheelLake75
- strong
- 4
- Gold.Bell.Ship14
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- seed!lamp!pond!17
- ShellBoatDrum66
- Fern-Cloud-Toast68
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- MangoVineBrick68
- 7
- 3
- 1
- Neem-Lake-Boat15
- 1
- ToastMangoGold60
- weak
- weak
- 15
- in your head
- 4
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