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.🔐 “Pearl_10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Gold49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Bell_Chai63 (b) dustboatdrumpond
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Hill16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Rain-Mango-Nest77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Lotus@2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentRainHill31 (b) Saanvi2013
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogpondtent66 (b) pond_lotus_tiger_75
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Ship.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Plum-Corn67 (b) iloveyou62
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedShipHill80 (b) Cloud_40
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 “tigervineshellriver” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty70 (b) leaf-neem-river-21
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dusttoastnesttent (b) Boat@River@Hill16
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Pearl63 (b) PearlFernLotus13
- 20.🔐 Is “mangofrogchai77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “Cloud#71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Rohan!Pearl!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “ferntigerplum86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “sand-drum-moon-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Hill-Corn-Pond29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Plum!Kite!Toast15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty78 (b) Lotus#Corn#Pearl82
- 28.🔐 “Shell_64” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.shell.lotus.58 (b) Frog_77
- 30.🔐 Is “Brick@73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “Arjun!Rain!23” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password61 (b) Sand_Tiger_Mango12
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Lotus_Gold31 (b) Tara2008
- 34.🔐 Is “Diya.Tiger.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Tiger.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “tigerdrumfrog23” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Leaf74 (b) CloudDrumMoon56
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill@vine@chai@70 (b) password22
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_20 (b) TentGoldLotus19
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 4
- Hill_Bell_Chai63
- 15
- strong
- 4
- TentRainHill31
- pond_lotus_tiger_75
- 4
- 3
- Brick-Plum-Corn67
- SeedShipHill80
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf-neem-river-21
- others can guess it
- Boat@River@Hill16
- emojis
- PearlFernLotus13
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 15
- strong
- strong
- strong
- Lotus#Corn#Pearl82
- shorter than 12
- drum.shell.lotus.58
- weak
- has a name or year
- Sand_Tiger_Mango12
- Frog_Lotus_Gold31
- weak
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CloudDrumMoon56
- risky
- hill@vine@chai@70
- TentGoldLotus19
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