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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha.Tiger.84 (b) Lotus-Tent-Rain57
- 2.🔐 “Pearl!73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Lamp-77 (b) shell-river-tent-27
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@Leaf@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “frog.gold.lamp.60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “BoatVinePearl25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “Frog-Tiger-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Letmein#Leaf25” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#wolf#moon#70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “River-Rain-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Diya@Vine@31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 13.🔐 “Rain@18” 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
- 14.🔐 “Kite#75” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Corn!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “kite-bell-hill-87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “lotus#ship#chai#46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein54 (b) TigerLeafToast20
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Neem!Lake69 (b) Admin-Corn40
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 22.🔐 “Letmein-Wolf12” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “bricknestcorn84” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Chai.Shell48 (b) Tara#Sand#36
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Gold#Bell35 (b) Aarav.River.56
- 27.🔐 Is “Cloud#Wolf#Moon52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “wheellakefrogdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 30.🔐 “dustlakechainest” 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
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 32.🔐 “Pond-13” 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) rain#ship#kite#23 (b) moonhillwheellotus
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Toast_Drum88 (b) Frog!34
- 35.🔐 Is “Gold@83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Shell!Ship!River60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “mangoshellneem16” 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
- 39.🔐 “dusttoastship49” 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
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
Answer key
- Lotus-Tent-Rain57
- shorter than 12
- shell-river-tent-27
- 4
- strong
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- risky
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 10
- 4
- strong
- strong
- TigerLeafToast20
- Brick!Neem!Lake69
- 3
- has a common word
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Moon.Chai.Shell48
- Cloud#Gold#Bell35
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- shorter than 12
- rain#ship#kite#23
- Moon_Toast_Drum88
- weak
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
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