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 “moon-cloud-corn-85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “wolfmangovinekite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 “Pond@Cloud@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river#cloud#pearl#20 (b) Iloveyou.Lotus56
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbrickseedriver (b) leaf@pearl@frog@54
- 8.🔐 Is “NestLakePlum36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Leaf@56 (b) Lotus!Sand!Plum18
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-corn-rain-74 (b) Tara2014
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Lotus_Tent47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Plum-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “chairainneemlotus” 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
- 14.🔐 “Wolf!46” 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 characters are in “password50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🎂 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Neem-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Kite82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Bell_Wolf_Tent17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Mango-Vine-2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 22.🔐 Is “password80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest#lake#lamp#50 (b) Ship.74
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaidustneem70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein18 (b) MoonShipPond88
- 26.🔐 “Tiger.Fern.2013” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “plum.drum.boat.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.21 (b) Hill-Chai-Tiger85
- 29.🔐 Is “Meera2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Wheel57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-Cloud-84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Leaf#Corn#2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@85 (b) dust-drum-corn-14
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfKiteLotus70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “lake-lamp-river-67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “river-fern-pearl-45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- risky
- 12
- has a name or year
- river#cloud#pearl#20
- leaf@pearl@frog@54
- strong
- Lotus!Sand!Plum18
- brick-corn-rain-74
- 4
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 10
- others can guess it
- 14
- 12
- 2
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- nest#lake#lamp#50
- 2
- MoonShipPond88
- has a name or year
- 17
- Hill-Chai-Tiger85
- weak
- weak
- 9
- 13
- 9
- has a name or year
- dust-drum-corn-14
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 19
- 9
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