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) nestsandkite43 (b) Pond-Cloud-Wheel29
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#42 (b) Brick.Pearl.Chai65
- 3.🔐 “lampmoonfern50” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “froglamptoast13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 6.🔐 Is “Ananya2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Lamp-2014 (b) Neem-Sand-Nest38
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Fern@Wolf49 (b) Diya2012
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-River-2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Bell!Lamp!2018” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein66 (b) MoonBrickRain72
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverHillChai33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafDustVine18 (b) password42
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 19.🔐 “Brick!Fern!2018” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “rainmoonvine30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “shell-plum-rain-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusgoldfernkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-neem-gold-71 (b) Aarav2014
- 26.🔐 “Qwerty-Sand30” 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
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 28.🔐 “Tara!Lamp!26” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “pearl-pond-lake-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Plum_Lake_Seed16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “rivertentseed50” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “moonfrogboat64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Drum#2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Nest-69” 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
- 35.🔐 “Plum!Wheel!2014” 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
- 36.🔐 “drumtoastbell46” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.frog.toast.14 (b) fernneemlotushill
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Drum.27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “bell!drum!vine!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “welcome73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- Pond-Cloud-Wheel29
- Brick.Pearl.Chai65
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- risky
- weak
- Neem-Sand-Nest38
- Rain@Fern@Wolf49
- 4
- 4
- 3
- has a name or year
- MoonBrickRain72
- 3
- 4
- 4
- LeafDustVine18
- 12
- has a name or year
- weak
- 7
- strong
- others can guess it
- 1
- seed-neem-gold-71
- has a common word
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- cloud.frog.toast.14
- 4
- strong
- weak
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