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 “VineBellWheel28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Cloud45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Shell-60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 “Chai#56” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “tent!sand!ship!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatDustHill15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf@61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedFernBrick24 (b) Diya-Toast-66
- 12.🔐 “Fern-Brick-2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#hill#boat#66 (b) letmein38
- 14.🔐 Is “Bell!Chai!Brick78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Wheel-Cloud63 (b) Rohan2015
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Kite-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein61 (b) BoatFernPearl61
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Gold65 (b) Neem@Fern@Lamp63
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “FernLakeCloud16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Tiger-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “hill_shell_neem_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “shipshelllake76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “TigerMangoSand35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Seed!Wheel77 (b) iloveyou69
- 26.🔐 “Qwerty@Sand54” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “River#Fern#2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@tent@frog@62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#Drum#Tent56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell-Tent-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “neemshellmango76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Pearl!50 (b) LeafMangoLotus89
- 33.🔐 Is “GoldLotusLake72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornMangoKite23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Sand!Vine79 (b) letmein14
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain@Plum@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “riverfrogkitecloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔐 Is “vine.lamp.tiger.79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivervinechai35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#29 (b) wolf@kite@chai@85
Answer key
- strong
- 16
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 14
- risky
- 7
- 7
- 12
- SeedFernBrick24
- has a name or year
- pearl#hill#boat#66
- strong
- Pearl-Wheel-Cloud63
- 4
- emojis
- BoatFernPearl61
- Neem@Fern@Lamp63
- 15
- 4
- strong
- 15
- strong
- River!Seed!Wheel77
- has a common word
- weak
- 18
- 16
- 4
- weak
- LeafMangoLotus89
- strong
- 3
- Pond!Sand!Vine79
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 2
- wolf@kite@chai@85
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