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.🔐 “neemtentmoontoast” 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
- 2.🔐 “Meera#Wolf#75” 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
- 3.🔐 “hilltigership89” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “BrickMoonLeaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “lamp-corn-nest-63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Drum!Fern71 (b) pondplumfern87
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#58 (b) fern-brick-bell-61
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Rain-Corn10 (b) riverboatfern31
- 9.🔐 “Tent!24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship.gold.hill.34 (b) admin16
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerrivercorndust (b) fern.tent.sand.52
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafwheelhilllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Ship@Pearl35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelcornkite75 (b) BellBrickLeaf83
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Hill@Plum32 (b) Admin-Tiger88
- 16.🔐 Is “Seed!Tent!Lotus61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “lampbrickfrogdrum” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Dust.Sand.2015” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestToastPlum67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Dust-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “RiverShellCloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “seed_chai_cloud_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Tent!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverNestRain19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondBrickTent63 (b) fernlaketentship
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickLeafTent60 (b) frogneembrick46
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 30.🔐 “Admin!Dust65” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Gold_Pearl_Cloud64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Corn!17” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellrainlamp47 (b) TigerLeafSeed78
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteferntigershell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 36.🔐 Is “Frog.Chai.Boat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “toast@hill@pearl@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-drum-moon-60 (b) Sand-18
- 39.🔐 “Kabir!Cloud!42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 40.🔐 Is “Leaf!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- Sand!Drum!Fern71
- fern-brick-bell-61
- Vine-Rain-Corn10
- shorter than 12
- ship.gold.hill.34
- fern.tent.sand.52
- 1
- 18
- BellBrickLeaf83
- Drum@Hill@Plum32
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- 3
- 13
- strong
- 9
- strong
- 4
- 15
- PondBrickTent63
- BrickLeafTent60
- risky
- has a common word
- strong
- shorter than 12
- TigerLeafSeed78
- 1
- others can guess it
- strong
- strong
- sand-drum-moon-60
- has a name or year
- weak
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