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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 3.🔐 “goldchairivercloud” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 6.🔐 “laketoastfern20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “kitemoontoast10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Brick!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@34 (b) nest@tent@neem@46
- 11.🔐 “Hill_Brick_2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick-lake-frog-70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “shell.kite.seed.49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandvinebrick26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentNestLake58 (b) qwerty20
- 16.🔐 “moongoldfernlake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#69 (b) BrickPlumGold15
- 18.🔐 “Qwerty-Boat38” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Lotus-Boat13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “DustFrogNest86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-wheel-neem-40 (b) seedlotuscornvine
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moongoldhillship (b) lake!pearl!leaf!30
- 23.🔐 “Letmein-Rain18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat#lamp#cloud#44 (b) Rain_Drum_2016
- 25.🔐 “Kabir@Pond@14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 “Nisha-Ship-71” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “plumlotusferndust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaibelltoast29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “fernlampseed18” 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
- 32.🔐 “Pearl.82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Is “qwerty58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafBoatLotus35 (b) Wheel.Fern.2014
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Wolf.51” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “corn.lamp.shell.33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Rain-2010 (b) bell#neem#hill#84
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) RainCornMango72
Answer key
- in your head
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 15
- weak
- nest@tent@neem@46
- has a name or year
- 3
- 18
- 2
- TentNestLake58
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BrickPlumGold15
- has a common word
- 4
- strong
- rain-wheel-neem-40
- lake!pearl!leaf!30
- has a common word
- boat#lamp#cloud#44
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- 17
- 2
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- LeafBoatLotus35
- 7
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 18
- bell#neem#hill#84
- RainCornMango72
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