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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “Tent-Corn-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Kite.Corn17 (b) bellbrickboat25
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-shell-toast-31 (b) wheelvinelotusneem
- 7.🔐 “lampmangoplumdrum” 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
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Cloud!78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “BellBoatToast23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Vine!Dust78 (b) Aarav2009
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Ananya.Corn.54” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “WolfKiteLake15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “vinepondlake88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Ship.2010 (b) NestTentCloud56
- 20.🔐 Is “BoatShipTiger23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Cloud12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Pond59 (b) cloud!lamp!ship!46
- 23.🔐 “vinegoldmoon36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔐 Is “Vine-Moon-Sand55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Sand.2011 (b) Fern-Dust-Kite55
- 26.🔐 Is “Letmein_Plum20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Kite_64” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustigertentplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Hill.Lake25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “brickdustfrogboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Drum-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Kite#Fern#2009” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_86 (b) seed#frog#shell#28
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestwheelleaf85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed.sand.tiger.27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “FrogShellShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Kite@10 (b) Rain.Corn.Lamp53
- 40.🔐 “Moon_Lotus_2017” 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
- risky
- others can guess it
- weak
- in your head
- Wolf.Kite.Corn17
- lotus-shell-toast-31
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- emojis
- 8
- weak
- 10
- 15
- Sand!Vine!Dust78
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- 14
- NestTentCloud56
- strong
- 4
- cloud!lamp!ship!46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Fern-Dust-Kite55
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 1
- 4
- 17
- weak
- 10
- has a name or year
- seed#frog#shell#28
- 2
- 3
- 2
- strong
- Rain.Corn.Lamp53
- has a name or year
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