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 “mango.tiger.plum.73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiDrumMango74 (b) frogcorntoast49
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverSeedPlum18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “qwerty71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlRiverSand29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellplumtigertent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellRiverLamp50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Kabir2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “River!Rain!2012” 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
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellfernneemdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Plum-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “drumpearlgoldrain” 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
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Corn-Moon21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastPondGold20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “nestwheellotuspearl” 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
- 22.🔐 “Leaf-Nest-2009” 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
- 23.🔐 “Neem#46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Bell@Kite40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Hill36 (b) ShipBellGold87
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoneemdrumlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Plum_Kite_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlotustiger41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Bell!Vine!2017” 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
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 31.🔐 Is “password53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellSandShell85 (b) Ananya_Brick_14
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “lampgoldwheelfrog” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “wheelsandcorn87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “HillToastFrog15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “ToastPearlLamp41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#Corn#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#seed#lotus#10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- ChaiDrumMango74
- 15
- weak
- 2
- weak
- 16
- 1
- 3
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- 3
- 1
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 4
- 12
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 4
- ShipBellGold87
- 17
- weak
- 16
- has a name or year
- risky
- weak
- BellSandShell85
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- strong
- 3
- 15
- 3
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