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 “Wheel-Mango-Sand57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-dust-moon-76 (b) shipsandpondriver
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Frog_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#87 (b) Shell-Moon-Dust84
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-ship-brick-45 (b) qwerty45
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusLampRiver70 (b) Nest@Lamp@2009
- 7.🔐 Is “qwerty48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “NeemDustRiver37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “mango.gold.pond.36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Kabir2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “Mango#44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “DustPondMoon24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “PearlTentChai41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “moonlotustoasttiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickwolfnesttiger (b) PondSeedGold75
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 19.🔐 “laketoastkite77” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “pondhillseed41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Vine.Leaf.River61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “rainhilltiger14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “pondtentchainest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou_Frog81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Seed.Corn20 (b) lotusdrumshipkite
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_85 (b) lotus.kite.hill.44
- 27.🔐 Is “cloud.mango.drum.73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickLakeFern28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.brick.mango.66 (b) pearlnestfern42
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipTigerKite12 (b) password12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Gold_76 (b) Tiger-Lamp-Lake44
- 33.🔐 “Diya#Brick#30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Is “CloudPondVine81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumTigerRiver81 (b) Rohan.Brick.71
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell_71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Iloveyou.Boat61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein13 (b) Rain_Vine_Cloud32
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.Fern.2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- hill-dust-moon-76
- 4
- Shell-Moon-Dust84
- sand-ship-brick-45
- LotusLampRiver70
- weak
- strong
- 18
- weak
- weak
- 14
- strong
- others can guess it
- 19
- PondSeedGold75
- risky
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- strong
- 15
- weak
- has a common word
- Frog.Seed.Corn20
- lotus.kite.hill.44
- strong
- 3
- emojis
- seed.brick.mango.66
- ShipTigerKite12
- Tiger-Lamp-Lake44
- has a name or year
- strong
- DrumTigerRiver81
- 8
- has a common word
- Rain_Vine_Cloud32
- 14
- weak
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