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 “lotus_brick_wolf_22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “LampToastMoon58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Admin-Brick27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.pond.chai.58 (b) Password.Tent57
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#Vine#Shell64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “bellpearlmangopond” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Bell.Lamp74 (b) plumlotusboat83
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “tent.shell.seed.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “Letmein!Lamp22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!pearl!boat!78 (b) Ananya_Neem_86
- 13.🔐 Is “password55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “seeddrumriver16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog#Neem#Dust49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Hill!Moon87 (b) brickgoldplumcloud
- 19.🔐 Is “Lake#Gold#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustFrogPond26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastmoonmangoboat (b) Rain#Mango#Pearl12
- 23.🔐 Is “Fern-Shell-Boat23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Seed-Chai29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “boatbricktent47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentdustriverlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumhillchainest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineWheelTiger58 (b) Iloveyou-Frog59
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Boat51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn.gold.lotus.18 (b) moonbellleafneem
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Moon@Tiger10 (b) chailakemango48
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Drum!Tiger42 (b) River-17
- 35.🔐 “riversandbrickbell” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “wheelshellrainboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “welcome89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “goldmangodustplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “lampfernboat32” 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
- 40.🔐 “leafboatlotuscorn” 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
Answer key
- 19
- strong
- weak
- mango.pond.chai.58
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Neem.Bell.Lamp74
- risky
- 4
- strong
- weak
- corn!pearl!boat!78
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- in your head
- 4
- Lotus!Hill!Moon87
- weak
- 4
- 3
- Rain#Mango#Pearl12
- strong
- 3
- 16
- 15
- 12
- 1
- 1
- VineWheelTiger58
- 4
- corn.gold.lotus.18
- Plum@Moon@Tiger10
- River!Drum!Tiger42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
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