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 “dust#vine#plum#36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “FernCornLake79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Fern-Wolf-Nest83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.Frog.Mango49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “DrumRainSeed50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 7.🔐 “vineriverboatcloud” 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
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Boat-69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty25 (b) ShipCloudPlum29
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.Mango.Rain40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Chai-Wheel-Leaf27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “toast.tiger.pond.47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_Pond_Frog22 (b) Admin.Vine27
- 17.🔐 “Tiger@32” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!14 (b) brick_moon_corn_12
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “rain.lamp.neem.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Tent@80” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Vine!Sand!Toast71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell-35 (b) mango-pond-shell-43
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Cloud_20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “NestHillKite74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Leaf@Lotus84 (b) tentvineboatbell
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 28.🔐 Is “iloveyou40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!Cloud!Tiger47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “iloveyou84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Rain48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “DustGoldChai22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “wheelrivermoon51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “letmein78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “rainhilllakeplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Moon!Cloud!2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Cloud!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandfrogdrum21 (b) River_Drum_Seed33
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Lotus.Rain64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlPlumLamp28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 17
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- ShipCloudPlum29
- 17
- strong
- strong
- 2
- emojis
- Lake_Pond_Frog22
- shorter than 12
- brick_moon_corn_12
- 17
- shorter than 12
- strong
- mango-pond-shell-43
- 2
- 4
- strong
- Pearl@Leaf@Lotus84
- others can guess it
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 14
- weak
- weak
- weak
- weak
- weak
- River_Drum_Seed33
- 4
- 3
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