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) rain_lotus_brick_30 (b) Password#Tiger43
- 2.🔐 Is “chailampvinetiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 4.🔐 Is “Rain-Wolf-Cloud75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “LampTigerPearl38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Leaf21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “lamp!tent!sand!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 9.🔐 Is “Nisha2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Neem87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “River!Plum!2016” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.33 (b) lotus-fern-neem-23
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_kite_rain_73 (b) Meera_Pond_84
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Dust#2010 (b) RainPlumGold79
- 15.🔐 “Letmein.Bell80” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Gold-2016 (b) MangoFrogKite41
- 17.🔐 Is “Meera2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Tent!78 (b) LotusGoldWolf75
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!river!pearl!27 (b) qwerty84
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusfrogwolf22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Neem_87” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) clouddustleafneem (b) Mango!Lotus!Lake19
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Fern#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Qwerty#Tiger17” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “qwerty53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudleaffern80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “drum-seed-sand-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 31.🔐 “Bell.Lotus.2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#Seed#Frog86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Nest65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivercloudkite72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondkiteplum30 (b) shell#vine#leaf#33
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “gold.shell.vine.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “fernhillnest78” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “mango@river@chai@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatpearldustbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- rain_lotus_brick_30
- weak
- risky
- strong
- strong
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- lotus-fern-neem-23
- bell_kite_rain_73
- RainPlumGold79
- has a common word
- MangoFrogKite41
- weak
- LotusGoldWolf75
- 12
- ship!river!pearl!27
- 15
- shorter than 12
- Mango!Lotus!Lake19
- emojis
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 15
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- 16
- 15
- 2
- shell#vine#leaf#33
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 9
- 1
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