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.🔐 “Sand-Leaf-2015” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#32 (b) LakeTentWolf26
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Tent_2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 6.🔐 Is “ToastTentWolf24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Lotus-Moon-2017” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_Ship_87 (b) Leaf-Nest-Brick51
- 9.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickcornlampkite (b) CloudChaiGold69
- 11.🔐 “Neem.Rain.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “admin73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatBellFern47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 15.🔐 Is “Ship_Lamp_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “rainwheelgoldpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “tentshellwheelcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “lamp_chai_moon_39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand@toast@frog@85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWolfChai86 (b) riverlampwheelbrick
- 21.🔐 Is “Meera_Vine_79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Rohan.Lotus.52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 24.🔐 “seedgoldshell78” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed#boat#gold#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Admin.Plum50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.58 (b) Plum.Wolf.Pearl40
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_Rain_Chai23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.wheel.ship.73 (b) Bell@36
- 30.🔐 Is “Hill.Lamp.Lake46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “admin87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 33.🔐 Is “kite!lamp!ship!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “sandriverneemlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou63 (b) NeemRiverTiger62
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Leaf@2017 (b) VinePlumDrum61
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Rohan.River.59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Leaf20 (b) Drum.Frog.Rain41
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitehilltigernest (b) Lotus.River.Hill80
Answer key
- has a name or year
- LakeTentWolf26
- 15
- weak
- 12
- strong
- has a name or year
- Leaf-Nest-Brick51
- weak
- CloudChaiGold69
- has a name or year
- 7
- 3
- others can guess it
- weak
- 17
- 19
- strong
- 3
- CloudWolfChai86
- weak
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- Plum.Wolf.Pearl40
- 16
- plum.wheel.ship.73
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- strong
- 18
- NeemRiverTiger62
- VinePlumDrum61
- 2
- has a name or year
- Drum.Frog.Rain41
- Lotus.River.Hill80
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