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) Hill!Kite!Wolf78 (b) iloveyou23
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 3.🔐 “Pond!Mango!2017” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandTentMoon84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “lampvinegoldfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoHillPond75 (b) Mango!80
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusDustGold25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoTigerToast40 (b) Mango@44
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain@hill@wolf@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Pearl-52 (b) BrickHillWheel57
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell#dust#hill#85 (b) Ananya2018
- 13.🔐 “Nest.Rain.2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Hill!2018 (b) Ship-Wheel-Shell81
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastLampRiver37 (b) lamptentbrickmango
- 16.🔐 Is “boatlampbrick89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 “Tiger-13” 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
- 18.🔐 “lamprivervine57” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelLampSeed12 (b) dusttoastpearl12
- 20.🔐 “seedtoastlake53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 21.🔐 Is “admin84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Lamp-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Nisha_Rain_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “PondNeemRain43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum_pond_moon_33 (b) Kabir_Corn_66
- 26.🔐 Is “Aarav2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatmoonlotuswheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun.Sand.70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “seedrivercornlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “boatpondmoon27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondcloudlotuschai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelkiteclouddrum (b) bell_hill_ship_11
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 36.🔐 “Admin_Moon26” 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
- 37.🔐 “Dust#34” 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
- 38.🔐 “Diya.River.34” 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
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 40.🔐 “moontigerfern21” 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
Answer key
- Hill!Kite!Wolf78
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 3
- 16
- MangoHillPond75
- 15
- MangoTigerToast40
- 12
- 3
- BrickHillWheel57
- shell#dust#hill#85
- has a name or year
- Ship-Wheel-Shell81
- ToastLampRiver37
- weak
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- WheelLampSeed12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- weak
- strong
- plum_pond_moon_33
- weak
- 1
- 4
- 17
- 14
- 1
- risky
- bell_hill_ship_11
- 9
- 3
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
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