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 “Letmein-Cloud23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “iloveyou16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!lamp!rain!78 (b) Iloveyou#Wheel88
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Plum75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernWheelBrick59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Fern_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Toast!Lamp64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellCloudFern26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Qwerty-Wheel23” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbrickleaf78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerbrickshell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Cloud43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “dust#wolf#gold#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!Tiger!Leaf81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 22.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pond-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Vine60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerVineMoon66 (b) boatshelllakelamp
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-59 (b) FernVineCloud68
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “admin14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoVineRiver39 (b) Lotus#18
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “moon.lotus.ship.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#Plum#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Ship.87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Pond-46 (b) Drum_Vine_Shell74
- 33.🔐 Is “qwerty63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Lamp@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) WolfCornNest10
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “corn@moon@brick@43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Lotus!Moon40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.vine.drum.30 (b) Diya2010
- 39.🔐 “Lamp#Gold#2009” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Bell-Boat-Nest41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 15
- weak
- 12
- emojis
- seed!lamp!rain!78
- 9
- 13
- in your head
- 3
- 4
- risky
- 17
- 3
- has a common word
- 15
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 17
- 17
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- TigerVineMoon66
- 10
- FernVineCloud68
- 7
- MangoVineRiver39
- 18
- 4
- 13
- Drum_Vine_Shell74
- weak
- 14
- WolfCornNest10
- 18
- 4
- corn.vine.drum.30
- has a name or year
- strong
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