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 “Meera.Sand.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “pond_sand_wheel_81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 4.🔐 Is “Kabir.Tiger.10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “seedwolfmangoboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Iloveyou@Brick82” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumLeafDrum53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “seedmangosanddrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Tent-22” 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
- 12.🔐 “shipkitedust51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 “goldsandbell75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Pearl_63 (b) vine@kite@wheel@12
- 16.🔐 “Lotus.Sand.2014” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemMangoWheel19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_Dust_Fern30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “qwerty78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Pearl65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Tent62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Dust-Pond-Lake87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “password61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum#Tiger#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellWolfTiger17 (b) Chai-36
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “tentmoontiger39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#kite#cloud#69 (b) Pond!Tent!2017
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Gold#Boat#Neem50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Password_Chai28” 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
- 32.🔐 “Password.Rain69” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Welcome!Sand27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Saanvi-Frog-22” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “admin36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Pearl19 (b) Hill-Sand-Rain83
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfDustLake63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Seed@Sand@2012” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Frog!65 (b) plum!neem!gold!69
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum#tiger#cloud#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 7
- has a common word
- 14
- 17
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- vine@kite@wheel@12
- has a name or year
- 9
- 3
- 16
- weak
- 4
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 15
- BellWolfTiger17
- 15
- fern#kite#cloud#69
- 3
- strong
- has a common word
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- Hill-Sand-Rain83
- 3
- has a name or year
- plum!neem!gold!69
- 3
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