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.🔐 Is “bellrivertoast71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Meera.Pearl.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Gold!River53 (b) kitewolfneembrick
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara_Frog_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake!bell!gold!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “chai!rain!nest!24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_cloud_hill_34 (b) brickfrogsand65
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#Corn#Mango13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Sand.Rain.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Rain!12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “sandneemcornhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudleaflakebell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “shipvinelampmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “wolfkitebellleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 21.🔐 Is “welcome48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Toast66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBoatShip80 (b) Ishaan2018
- 24.🔐 “Nisha@Rain@63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 25.🔐 “Fern-Pond-2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 “Meera!Brick!24” 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
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “River!Tiger!Cloud50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentbrickseed45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Password@Pearl14” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “goldriverdustfern” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “NestMangoKite82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “iloveyou15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Hill_Chai34 (b) Gold-29
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger.vine.dust.55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Mango!78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- emojis
- others can guess it
- Lake!Gold!River53
- 12
- 3
- 9
- 17
- pond_cloud_hill_34
- 9
- 4
- weak
- 9
- shorter than 12
- 16
- 17
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 16
- DustBoatShip80
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- risky
- 4
- strong
- 2
- has a common word
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- Moon_Hill_Chai34
- 3
- 13
- 7
- 12
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