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.🔐 “Neem_80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-Shell-2016 (b) lotus_dust_boat_71
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Plum@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “drumboatleafrain” 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
- 5.🔐 “Plum.Mango.2014” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “sandpondchaitent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Ship#Corn#Sand56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “gold.hill.river.29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Ananya-Mango-45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Vine@Lotus@2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemLotusFrog88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 15.🔐 Is “Nisha2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin72 (b) lake#pond#vine#34
- 18.🔐 “Iloveyou-Seed72” 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
- 19.🔐 “vinedrumnestrain” 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
- 20.🔐 “nestboatriverleaf” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “plum.tent.drum.40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corndrumlamp36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumdrummoon45 (b) SandLakeHill16
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 25.🔐 “Frog-10” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondRiverNest65 (b) Nisha-Gold-25
- 27.🔐 Is “Lotus-Ship-Brick58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Vine!78 (b) Plum-Fern-Toast31
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Drum60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “nestkitewolf76” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Chai_Hill_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou80 (b) MoonDrumWheel29
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) golddrumrainbrick (b) Shell#Wolf#Fern60
- 34.🔐 Is “pearl-boat-lake-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellneemrainhill (b) Drum!Toast!Mango75
- 36.🔐 Is “PearlDrumBoat70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lake_tent_mango_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Frog@43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Toast-73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “sandshellwheelcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- lotus_dust_boat_71
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 10
- has a name or year
- 3
- emojis
- weak
- 7
- lake#pond#vine#34
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 2
- SandLakeHill16
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- PondRiverNest65
- strong
- Plum-Fern-Toast31
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- MoonDrumWheel29
- Shell#Wolf#Fern60
- strong
- Drum!Toast!Mango75
- strong
- 18
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
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