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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 2.🔐 “Kabir!Pearl!53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “riverboatplumdrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “moon#seed#ship#38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldRainWolf15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Lamp!Toast!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-wolf-neem-65 (b) Kabir#Pond#28
- 9.🔐 Is “Vine_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Tiger-Kite47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “cornlotusbrickdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “admin12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-76 (b) Leaf_Corn_Dust39
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl@lotus@mango@40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “KiteCornMango75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Shell43 (b) Pearl_Chai_Drum86
- 17.🔐 “seeddrumbrick38” 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
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “plumboattigerdust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Tara-Pond-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “brickgoldmangosand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill_wheel_river_34 (b) goldcloudtiger65
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Mango-Wheel25 (b) Password_Sand18
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainwheelbrick80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “froghillcornlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “mangocornfernwheel” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “VineNestPond20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password50 (b) LotusKiteDust16
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent!Leaf!Bell41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “password89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “tent!drum!neem!14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotoastplum11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Admin#Corn77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickpondwheelhill (b) ShellChaiBell30
- 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
Answer key
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- 4
- 14
- weak
- pearl-wolf-neem-65
- weak
- 17
- weak
- weak
- Leaf_Corn_Dust39
- 3
- strong
- Pearl_Chai_Drum86
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- 7
- 3
- 17
- weak
- weak
- hill_wheel_river_34
- 9
- Tent-Mango-Wheel25
- 2
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- LotusKiteDust16
- risky
- 8
- 4
- weak
- 17
- 2
- weak
- ShellChaiBell30
- in your head
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