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.🔐 “shipmangocornlamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔐 Is “gold_river_boat_75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Iloveyou@Vine11” 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
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 5.🔐 Is “brickwolfhill56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “seedferncornrain” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumLampChai79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!pearl!tiger!78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelMoonRain44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedLampDrum14 (b) Iloveyou.Moon21
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Ship29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “hillnestkiteneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Password-Leaf43” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Sand18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Kite17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Neem-Lamp-Chai47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigertentcloud22 (b) LampCloudShell73
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumShellLamp47 (b) Iloveyou-Rain20
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🎂 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Vine@Tent43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “ferngoldriver48” 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
- 25.🔐 “Sand_Toast_2016” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Drum.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou18 (b) fern-brick-gold-44
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Sand67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Vine#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Shell#51” 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
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf@Tent@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Lake.Tiger.Brick27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Aarav_Tent_47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “drumpondsand74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Gold.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumHillFrog87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a common word
- emojis
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 3
- risky
- 4
- 3
- SeedLampDrum14
- 4
- 16
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- strong
- LampCloudShell73
- DrumShellLamp47
- 2
- others can guess it
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- 2
- fern-brick-gold-44
- 12
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- 12
- 3
- 14
- 14
- 14
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