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 “Meera!Leaf!71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “lakefernchai85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “shell!tent!moon!82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 5.🔐 “ferndrumshell17” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedNestWheel23 (b) Letmein_Boat31
- 7.🔐 Is “Hill-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “Moon@Bell@2013” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBoatSeed57 (b) wheelfrogboattoast
- 10.🔐 “Iloveyou#Chai44” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Rain-Wolf74 (b) Rohan2018
- 12.🔐 Is “rainneemlampdust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaibrickshellkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “ferncornnestsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “password28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastMoonPond61 (b) Sand#25
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillWolfPearl72 (b) tentgolddust32
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!Wheel!2016 (b) Drum!Pearl!Bell39
- 20.🔐 “Ishaan!Kite!82” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverNestFern58 (b) Hill_Drum_2014
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellbrickpearlsand (b) HillBellFrog44
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernTigerBrick73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou84 (b) Tiger@Vine@Kite19
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Pond-Fern34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelLotusPearl80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 28.🔐 Is “Kabir-Boat-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “Qwerty@Moon46” 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
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 32.🔐 “Tara_Corn_39” 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
- 33.🔐 “Seed.85” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus#river#pond#77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillcloudnestmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “password78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Wheel.Kite.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “KiteLakeMango75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@kite@leaf@54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Toast!31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- 18
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedNestWheel23
- weak
- has a name or year
- VineBoatSeed57
- has a common word
- Seed-Rain-Wolf74
- weak
- 1
- 16
- 10
- ToastMoonPond61
- 7
- HillWolfPearl72
- Drum!Pearl!Bell39
- has a name or year
- RiverNestFern58
- HillBellFrog44
- 3
- Tiger@Vine@Kite19
- 16
- 3
- emojis
- weak
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 3
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 19
- 1
- 10
- weak
- strong
- 17
- 4
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