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.🔐 Is “letmein53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-brick-dust-58 (b) Pearl#48
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernfrogplum54 (b) bell_fern_gold_80
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou55 (b) seed.bell.neem.55
- 6.🔐 Is “Bell!Pearl!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_shell_boat_19 (b) Nisha2015
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 9.🔐 Is “NestFrogLake12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “lamptentboat30” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Kite!38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan@Boat@86 (b) VinePearlRiver21
- 14.🔐 “Toast#59” 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
- 15.🔐 “mangosandpond76” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “sandgoldmoon61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Neem.40” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemkitefrog20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “toastshellcloudnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-kite-neem-29 (b) welcome85
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick.fern.gold.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “toasthillpearltiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “RainCloudChai62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Corn!37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Lake@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “fernneemcloud14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Gold.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Toast@12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Leaf@59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “pondmangocloud34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Welcome@Tent37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 36.🔐 “Iloveyou.Moon64” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf#wheel#frog#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteMangoNest45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “hilllampboat78” 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
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
Answer key
- weak
- 12
- frog-brick-dust-58
- bell_fern_gold_80
- seed.bell.neem.55
- weak
- kite_shell_boat_19
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- VinePearlRiver21
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 2
- weak
- river-kite-neem-29
- 3
- weak
- 15
- 3
- emojis
- 4
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- shorter than 12
- 13
- weak
- 10
- weak
- 3
- has a common word
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
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