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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_River44 (b) PearlCornBoat47
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 3.🔐 Is “RainMoonBrick38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “Pearl.48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Moon13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!neem!boat!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🗝️ 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Toast69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 11.🔐 “Password@Ship14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 12.🔐 Is “Sand#Neem#Wheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Hill15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Pond@76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “seedcloudbelltiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestShellCloud29 (b) Vine#35
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Tent-22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Seed.Cloud53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-ship-fern-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldnestpondhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 27.🔐 Is “tigerlakelamp48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “toastdrumfern44” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toasttigerseed56 (b) Rain@Leaf@Mango37
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlampfern67 (b) fern!chai!leaf!27
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineshiptent78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.River.Pearl22 (b) Pond-18
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfLampToast18 (b) Cloud!Tiger!2014
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Pearl_Rain59 (b) rainnestwolf35
- 35.🔐 Is “neemtoastmangofrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “BellSandDrum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#River35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “wheelbellmoon89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Tiger-2008 (b) river-seed-drum-46
- 40.🔐 “rainboatbrick24” 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
Answer key
- PearlCornBoat47
- risky
- strong
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 3
- in your head
- 4
- emojis
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- 13
- 18
- NestShellCloud29
- 3
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 18
- 1
- 8
- others can guess it
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Rain@Leaf@Mango37
- fern!chai!leaf!27
- 2
- Lamp.River.Pearl22
- WolfLampToast18
- Kite_Pearl_Rain59
- weak
- strong
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- river-seed-drum-46
- fewer than 3 kinds
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