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 “pond#tent#fern#61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Vine!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Gold-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiSeedFern82 (b) nesttoastlotusleaf
- 7.🎂 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
- 8.🔐 Is “lotuslakebrick28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#Toast#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellHillCloud22 (b) Bell-Dust-2009
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud_bell_moon_20 (b) toastchaitigerplum
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-75 (b) brick!neem!seed!41
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#sand#bell#30 (b) vinesandnestleaf
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#Lamp#2012 (b) Moon.Tiger.Gold62
- 17.🔐 “moonneemfern22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-30 (b) Kite!Mango!Boat29
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_wolf_vine_34 (b) Drum.Pond.2011
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@Pond@Hill62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “drum#bell#nest#27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun@Fern@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Rain-Lake-Vine56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “lamp@wheel@fern@81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandchaineem34 (b) PlumLampWolf24
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “admin32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Brick@86” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum.sand.lotus.61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_Drum_33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “WolfRainShip21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Ship#Chai#2018” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-River21 (b) pond-wolf-gold-59
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@corn@wolf@70 (b) Iloveyou#River85
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Kite-Fern24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Bell-73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “tentgoldsandship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “lampgoldrainbell” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@wolf@lake@88 (b) Hill!35
- 40.🔐 Is “Password-Boat10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 17
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- ChaiSeedFern82
- others can guess it
- weak
- 12
- 15
- BellHillCloud22
- cloud_bell_moon_20
- emojis
- brick!neem!seed!41
- cloud#sand#bell#30
- Moon.Tiger.Gold62
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Kite!Mango!Boat29
- toast_wolf_vine_34
- 4
- strong
- 4
- strong
- strong
- in your head
- PlumLampWolf24
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 13
- strong
- has a name or year
- pond-wolf-gold-59
- lotus@corn@wolf@70
- 4
- 4
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lotus@wolf@lake@88
- weak
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