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.🔐 “Hill-Lotus-2013” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_Frog_Corn35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Kite-Plum72 (b) Dust.87
- 6.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tentgoldpearl22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Arjun.Leaf.65” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “MangoKiteToast64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Vine_Plum18 (b) password82
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumToastMoon13 (b) Password.Tent67
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#Dust#River37 (b) Nisha_Corn_16
- 14.🔐 “Brick@Kite@2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔐 “Meera_Gold_82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 Is “brick!shell!river!65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#ship#neem#54 (b) Boat-81
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemLakeShip10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumMangoPond25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Pond63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillneemlampwolf (b) HillLakeNeem26
- 23.🔐 “leafmangowolfwheel” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Lotus#Drum#Frog58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmoonlake54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudrainvine23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-18 (b) Lamp-Nest-Toast63
- 28.🔐 “Admin-Mango61” 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
- 29.🔐 “Ship@59” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainChaiSand56 (b) kiteshellwolf39
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “DustTigerShell31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_River_Tent81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “tentferntiger17” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Seed#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “laketoastneem65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Lotus.Ship.2015” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Mango_2011 (b) Wolf_Leaf_Tent75
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Cloud-81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Leaf32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Neem-Wheel46 (b) Welcome@Vine38
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 4
- 12
- others can guess it
- Pearl-Kite-Plum72
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- Dust_Vine_Plum18
- 3
- DrumToastMoon13
- Lotus#Dust#River37
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- hill#ship#neem#54
- 4
- 3
- 15
- 4
- HillLakeNeem26
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 14
- 15
- Lamp-Nest-Toast63
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- RainChaiSand56
- 16
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 2
- has a name or year
- Wolf_Leaf_Tent75
- 14
- weak
- Moon-Neem-Wheel46
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