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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernnestlakemoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2010 (b) ChaiVineKite33
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogLakePond73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 6.🔐 “Saanvi-Toast-60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “rainnestrivercorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “moonseeddrumkite” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Saanvi_Ship_64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “River#Dust#Wolf84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Boat.80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverRainNeem50 (b) Arjun2011
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedKiteTiger58 (b) Sand.Pearl.2012
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Gold!68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “riverboatsandkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “Brick-Shell-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Leaf.Vine47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Rain40 (b) PondLotusPlum80
- 21.🔐 Is “Password@Dust80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Moon.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “welcome17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteDustBrick30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainRiverSeed29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “bellpondgoldmango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “bellmangofrogboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent@Pearl@Hill72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 32.🔐 “Plum_Lake_2011” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Leaf71 (b) Neem-Toast-River71
- 34.🔐 Is “Meera2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Toast44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “admin61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Ship-2008 (b) lamp!seed!shell!62
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@66 (b) tent-mango-seed-18
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite!seed!lotus!18 (b) Letmein-Wheel85
Answer key
- risky
- 1
- ChaiVineKite33
- 3
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- shorter than 12
- RiverRainNeem50
- SeedKiteTiger58
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 4
- PondLotusPlum80
- weak
- 15
- weak
- 9
- 15
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 2
- 17
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- Neem-Toast-River71
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 7
- lamp!seed!shell!62
- tent-mango-seed-18
- kite!seed!lotus!18
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