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) Password_Neem54 (b) Drum.Bell.Wolf71
- 2.🔐 “sandseedwolf77” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-lamp-lotus-51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Welcome.Vine58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “plumdrumvinewolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Lotus.2017 (b) NeemRiverRain25
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “kitemoonhill66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “hill.gold.river.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Seed_Pearl_Lotus63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “shellmangokite65” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Fern@Frog52 (b) boatsandlotuswolf
- 16.🔐 “River_48” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “vinelotusleafmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “Aarav.Gold.63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Tent_2013 (b) MangoTigerLeaf46
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!70 (b) drum@dust@lamp@13
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#cloud#lake#23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondcornlake11 (b) Boat.Tiger.Lake10
- 23.🔐 “drumsandhilldust” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumleafhill63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillPlumDrum85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “boatdustbell70” 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 “Nest.Bell.2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_30 (b) LampGoldRain20
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Vine@Lamp@Tiger51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog-Neem-Kite49 (b) frogpondmoonneem
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.lamp.lake.23 (b) nestfrogcorn50
- 33.🔐 “wolfvineleaf75” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumCloudLamp81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Boat77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “toast@pond@mango@88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Diya_Brick_55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Is “Pond-Lamp-Tent81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “seedrainpearldust” 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
Answer key
- Drum.Bell.Wolf71
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemRiverRain25
- emojis
- 2
- 14
- strong
- 4
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Kite@Fern@Frog52
- shorter than 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- MangoTigerLeaf46
- drum@dust@lamp@13
- 19
- Boat.Tiger.Lake10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- LampGoldRain20
- 4
- strong
- Frog-Neem-Kite49
- cloud.lamp.lake.23
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 14
- in your head
- 19
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
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