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 “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Ananya.Lamp.56” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldtigership20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “hillleafriversand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password87 (b) CloudSeedSand26
- 6.🔐 Is “RainPondDrum62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 8.🔐 Is “toast@mango@seed@38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Tiger85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 11.🔐 Is “Tiger@Pearl@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Wolf-Tiger56 (b) frograinlotus71
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakesandhillpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustoastkitefern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “pond-bell-fern-17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Vine_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Lotus!Pearl30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogSeedBoat32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Drum14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerHillKite23 (b) Qwerty-Toast33
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricksandnest64 (b) kite!lotus!hill!69
- 28.🔐 Is “river#neem#lamp#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedNeemRiver31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “toastshellsand15” 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
- 31.🔐 “Password@Cloud36” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Drum!Kite!Moon44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “password24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondLakeSand84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Mango@29” 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
- 36.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Chai_2014 (b) frog#lake#lotus#12
- 39.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@lake@moon@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 10
- has a name or year
- 2
- weak
- CloudSeedSand26
- strong
- in your head
- strong
- 4
- 12
- weak
- Wheel-Wolf-Tiger56
- 1
- 7
- 1
- emojis
- 17
- weak
- 18
- 3
- weak
- 8
- 3
- 4
- TigerHillKite23
- 4
- kite!lotus!hill!69
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- strong
- 10
- 3
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- 8
- frog#lake#lotus#12
- weak
- 18
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