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 “pondtigerneemrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-87 (b) Lamp_Hill_Ship63
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.53 (b) Hill-River-Chai65
- 4.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Wheel@54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell-Leaf-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerRiverLeaf16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “LotusShellGold68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Lotus_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitefroghill32 (b) hill.fern.tent.72
- 11.🎂 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-Vine-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 14.🔐 Is “TentKiteTiger31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “letmein42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “neem.dust.seed.71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick-drum-hill-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “tent-river-fern-26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “ToastLotusBrick54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 24.🔐 “sandnestrain66” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Plum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Drum_Nest80 (b) admin22
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Seed-2012 (b) lake.wolf.corn.64
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum.Dust.Moon80 (b) Meera2012
- 29.🔐 Is “neemsandbrick34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Password-Brick57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Wheel!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat!cloud!vine!47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chairaingold40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Rain_2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “River#Cloud#Tent21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Drum_Seed_Wheel29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Wheel.2014 (b) Boat#Brick#Sand19
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Kite.79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “wheelmoonboat42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- weak
- Lamp_Hill_Ship63
- Hill-River-Chai65
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 7
- strong
- 15
- hill.fern.tent.72
- others can guess it
- 14
- emojis
- strong
- 9
- weak
- 3
- 17
- 3
- 18
- weak
- strong
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Dust_Drum_Nest80
- lake.wolf.corn.64
- Plum.Dust.Moon80
- weak
- has a common word
- 12
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 14
- strong
- strong
- Boat#Brick#Sand19
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
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