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.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerleafrain33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “cloudlakeship86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome32 (b) lake!brick!leaf!39
- 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Plum59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Gold35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Kite_2010 (b) RiverPlumPearl56
- 7.🔐 “rivertoastfrog10” 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
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampToastVine61 (b) Welcome_Frog11
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Mango_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “lake!nest!hill!17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfDrumNest83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickBellShell18 (b) Shell#Nest#2014
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Lake#Corn62 (b) lotusbellfern25
- 16.🔐 “Tiger#Neem#2012” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Corn#2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Bell@Ship@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@River@Bell16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.Cloud.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Frog@65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Sand48 (b) PondLampBrick34
- 24.🔐 “Lamp@Frog@2016” 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.🔐 “Welcome!Fern87” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2012 (b) Mango-Dust-Seed56
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Rain35 (b) PearlToastDrum29
- 28.🔐 Is “Admin@Drum74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 30.🔐 Is “Rohan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldTentNest10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Corn.23” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “lampkiteshipsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Corn60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn#brick#toast#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 38.🔐 Is “cornlakefern25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Corn68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus@sand@toast@70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 15
- weak
- lake!brick!leaf!39
- weak
- 4
- RiverPlumPearl56
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- LampToastVine61
- 15
- strong
- 3
- BrickBellShell18
- 7
- Fern#Lake#Corn62
- has a name or year
- 14
- weak
- 17
- others can guess it
- 16
- weak
- PondLampBrick34
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- Mango-Dust-Seed56
- PearlToastDrum29
- weak
- 12
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- 3
- 7
- 3
- weak
- 13
- 19
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