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 kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Frog36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “cornshipshell74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake_mango_rain_61 (b) qwerty51
- 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 5.🔐 Is “brick@vine@drum@40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “mooncloudriverlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Qwerty!Cloud63” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “qwerty31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “Plum!55” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine.dust.chai.89 (b) Diya2008
- 11.🔐 Is “Dust-Drum-Chai14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernshellleafchai (b) ChaiDrumTiger30
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “mangofrogmoon25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Lamp.Sand54 (b) Rohan2011
- 16.🔐 Is “Chai#Wheel#Hill15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “mango.gold.corn.37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Letmein.Corn63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricklampcornwolf (b) Nest_Shell_Vine53
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Lake@Lotus85 (b) tigerdrumneem18
- 21.🔐 “lotusrivertentdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔐 “Password!Ship84” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vineboatfrogship (b) hill@bell@river@57
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_vine_brick_43 (b) Pond_Sand_2008
- 25.🔐 “Brick-86” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Vihaan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Lamp.Rain.2013” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiVineCorn31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “sand@toast@nest@87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipgoldbellriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Wheel16 (b) lake.mango.tiger.41
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldNestBoat25 (b) Bell@42
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “nestleafsand42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “toastmoonbellneem” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Mango#Rain36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumBrickFern12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “pearlchainestkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “neemtoasttiger16” 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
Answer key
- 4
- 15
- lake_mango_rain_61
- in your head
- strong
- 18
- has a common word
- weak
- shorter than 12
- vine.dust.chai.89
- strong
- ChaiDrumTiger30
- 15
- 12
- Nest.Lamp.Sand54
- strong
- 18
- weak
- Nest_Shell_Vine53
- Kite@Lake@Lotus85
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- hill@bell@river@57
- toast_vine_brick_43
- shorter than 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- 18
- 3
- 1
- lake.mango.tiger.41
- GoldNestBoat25
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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