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) vinerainwolf33 (b) NestShipSeed42
- 2.🔐 Is “Toast.Kite.Drum69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Lotus@Ship73 (b) letmein58
- 4.🔐 “Diya.Drum.27” 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
- 5.🔐 “Kite@Lotus@2018” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “letmein46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Admin-Plum53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_Frog_Drum26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Frog-70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Shell-Moon54 (b) Tara2010
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “brickchailotus84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “shellcloudwolf10” 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
- 13.🔐 “Letmein-Seed49” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Cloud!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 “Mango_Drum_2008” 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
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 21.🔐 “mangonestwolfleaf” 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
- 22.🔐 “Letmein_Frog54” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Kite50 (b) Mango.Nest.Kite15
- 24.🔐 “Meera.Vine.21” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Rain_58” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_tiger_gold_44 (b) shellseedship44
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Lotus29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-13 (b) Boat_Drum_Tent61
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_Pond_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “SandRiverChai74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Plum-12 (b) RainKiteDust30
- 33.🔐 Is “Boat-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Password#Lamp53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Tiger11 (b) BoatFernFrog15
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Mango-2018 (b) BellCloudLake28
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernNeemRiver57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Vine!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Fern#Tent#Boat35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- NestShipSeed42
- strong
- Sand@Lotus@Ship73
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- River-Shell-Moon54
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 14
- 12
- emojis
- 3
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- Mango.Nest.Kite15
- has a name or year
- weak
- shorter than 12
- toast_tiger_gold_44
- 16
- Boat_Drum_Tent61
- 4
- 15
- RainKiteDust30
- weak
- weak
- BoatFernFrog15
- 3
- BellCloudLake28
- 3
- 14
- strong
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